Map of Nokomis CDP, Florida

Nokomis is an unincorporated town in Sarasota County and a census-designated place (CDP) along the Gulf Coast of Florida, United States, located south of Osprey and just north of Venice. The town has access to the coast through Nokomis Public Beach and Casey Key. The town’s population was 3,167 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Bradenton–Sarasota–Venice Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Nokomis CDP overview:
Name:	Nokomis CDP
LSAD Code:	57
LSAD Description:	CDP (suffix)
State:	Florida
County:	Sarasota County
Elevation:	10 ft (3 m)
Total Area:	2.29 sq mi (5.94 km²)
Land Area:	1.95 sq mi (5.05 km²)
Water Area:	0.34 sq mi (0.89 km²)
Total Population:	3,217
Population Density:	1,650.59/sq mi (637.42/km²)
Area code:	941
FIPS code:	1248875
GNISfeature ID:	0287754

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History

In 1917, Alfred F. Wrede established the first post office with the name of Nokomis southwest of the original Venice post office. The same year, orthopedic surgeon Dr. Fred Albee purchased 112 acres from the Sarasota-Venice Company. With Ellis W. Nash, Albee created the Nokomis subdivision by subdividing the property into 130 lots, with streets radiating from two inner avenue circles and the new asphalt highway, which eventually became U.S. 41. On U.S. 41, Albee and investors built the Pollyanna Inn, a 35-room hotel.

The Florida guide, compiled in the late 1930s and first published in 1939, listed Nokomis’s population as 79 and described it as “a suburb of Venice, […] separated from that town by Shackett Creek…”

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Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Nokomis Census Designated Place (CDP) has a total area of 1.9 square miles (5.0 km), of which 1.6 square miles (4.2 km) is land and 0.31 square miles (0.8 km), or 15.65%, is water.

Nokomis includes approximately 2.5 miles of the Legacy Trail, including a water crossing at the Shakett Creek (Dona Bay) bridge.

Casey Key is a barrier island to the northwest of the CDP along the Gulf of Mexico, where there are luxurious beachfront houses lining the key. Casey Key is not part of any CDP.