Manasota is an

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Sarasota County, Florida Sarasota County is a county located in Southwest Florida. At the 2020 US census, the population was 434,006. Its county seat is Sarasota and its largest city is North Port. Sarasota County is part of the North Port–Sarasota–Bradenton, FL ...

, United States, located on the mainland south of

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. The Manasota Bridge ( County Road 774) crosses

Lemon Bay Lemon Bay is a long, narrow and shallow body of water covering 8,000 acres in Charlotte County, Florida and Sarasota County, Florida. It is protected as the Lemon Bay Aquatic Preserve, designated in 1986. It is one of five Charlotte Harbor Aquatic ...

(

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), connecting Manasota to Manasota Beach and

Manasota Key Manasota may refer to: Places * Manasota, Florida, a community in Sarasota County, Florida *Manasota Key, Florida, a census-designated place in Charlotte County, Florida *Manasota Scrub Preserve, an area of protected land in Sarasota County, Florid ...

. It is home to a

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processing and distribution center for Manatee and Sarasota counties.

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Unincorporated communities in Sarasota County, Florida Populated places on the Intracoastal Waterway in Florida Unincorporated communities in Florida {{SarasotaCountyFL-geo-stub