Palma Sola is an unincorporated area of

Manatee County Manatee County is a county in the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the population was 399,710. Manatee County is part of the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its county seat and largest ci ...

, Florida, United States. The botanical garden in

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is known as the

Palma Sola Botanical Garden Palma Sola Botanical Park is a botanical garden located at 9800 17th Avenue N.W. Bradenton, Florida, United States. The park showcases collections of rare palms, fruits, and flowering trees, as well as three lakes, a butterfly garden, gazebo, and ...

History

In 1868 a firearms manufacturer named James Warner along with his family moved from Springfield, Massachusetts to Manatee County. He made his home along the Manatee River but ended up dying a year after moving. His son Warburton S. Warner would end up creating a town called Palma Sola in 1884 on part of the family's homestead. It got its name from a "single tall date palm that dominated the skyline on

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" located directly across the river from McNeill Point where the center of town was located at. A sawmill would be built in 1884 at what was the center of town at McNeill Point. When the sawmill burned down, the town started to decline. The town was also known for the Palma Sola Hotel and general store which was known as the biggest general store between

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and

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Demographics

As of the first census for the town in 1880 it had a population of 962.

Notable people

Jennie Kidd Trout Jennie Kidd Trout (born Gowanlock; April 21, 1841 – November 10, 1921) was the first woman in Canada to become a licensed medical doctor, on March 11, 1875. Trout was the only woman in Canada licensed to practice medicine until July 1880, when ...

, first licensed female doctor in Canada.

References

Unincorporated communities in Florida Unincorporated communities in Manatee County, Florida Former census-designated places in Florida 1868 establishments in Florida {{ManateeCountyFL-geo-stub