{"id":974,"date":"2023-02-03T08:44:26","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T08:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=974"},"modified":"2026-08-08T22:53:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T22:53:16","slug":"charlotte-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/charlotte-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlotte County, Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charlotte County is a county in Florida, United States, on the state’s Gulf coast about 25 miles
\nnorth of Fort Myers. It had a population of 186,847 at the 2020 census, an estimated 217,212 by
\n2025, and covers 680 square miles (1,761 km2) of land centred near 26°54′N 81°57′W.<\/p>\n

Punta Gorda is the county seat and its only incorporated city; its postal code is 33950. The
\ncounty holds 1 city, 9 census-designated places and 9 other unincorporated communities, and it
\nruns on Eastern Time. Its FIPS code is 12015.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Charlotte County<\/h2>\n

Charlotte County has 19 named places on record: Punta Gorda is the only incorporated city,
\n9 more are census-designated places (CDPs) with their own population counts, and 9 are
\nunincorporated communities too small or too new to be tracked as separate CDPs. CDP stands for
\ncensus designated place; Unincorp. covers named communities with no formal boundary or count of
\ntheir own.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Punta Gorda<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n19,471<\/td>\n33950<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Port Charlotte<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n60,625<\/td>\n33948<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Englewood (part)<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n20,800<\/td>\n34223<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rotonda West<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n10,114<\/td>\n33947<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Charlotte Harbor<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n3,784<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Harbour Heights<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n3,428<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Charlotte Park<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n2,667<\/td>\n33950<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grove City<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n2,174<\/td>\n34224<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manasota Key<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n1,326<\/td>\n34223<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Solana<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n671<\/td>\n33950<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cleveland<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Deep Creek<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n33983<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Murdock<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Placida<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n33946<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cape Haze<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Babcock Ranch (part)<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n33982<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boca Grande (part)<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Don Pedro Island<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
West Port Charlotte<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Three places on this list are shared with a neighbor. Englewood’s population figure above is
\ncountywide — the CDP straddles the Charlotte–Sarasota line, and roughly half its
\nresidents live on the Sarasota side. Boca Grande, the historic village on Gasparilla Island, sits
\nentirely in Lee County; only the undeveloped northern tip of the island is Charlotte’s, so no
\npopulation is counted here. Babcock Ranch, the solar-powered planned community founded in 2018,
\nspans both Charlotte and Lee counties, with most of its built area on the Lee side.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n