Manasota is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

Sarasota County, Florida Sarasota County is a county located in Southwest Florida. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 US census, the population was 434,006. Its county seat is Sarasota, Florida, Sarasota and its largest city is North Port, Florida, North Port. Sara ...

, 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 Aquat ...

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Gulf Intracoastal Waterway The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) is the portion of the Intracoastal Waterway located along the Gulf Coast of the United States. It is a navigable inland waterway running approximately from Saint Marks, Florida, to Brownsville, Texas. T ...

), connecting Manasota to Manasota Beach and Manasota Key. 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