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Charlotte Harbor, Florida

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Charlotte

FIPS code
  
12-11625

Elevation
  
1.2 m

Area code
  
941

State
  
Florida

Time zone
  
Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)

GNIS feature ID
  
0280326

Population
  
3,714 (2010)


Area
  
12.95 km² (5.957 km² Land / 6.993 km² Water)

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Charlotte Harbor is a census-designated place (CDP) in Charlotte County, Florida, United States. The name Charlotte Harbor also refers to Charlotte Harbor (estuary) and Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park, a 42,000-acre (17,000 ha) preserve with 70 miles (110 km) of shoreline along Charlotte Harbor in Charlotte County.

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Map of Charlotte Harbor, FL, USA

The population of Charlotte Harbor was 3,710 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Punta Gorda Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

Charlotte Harbor is located at 26°57′50″N 82°3′44″W (26.963897, -82.062267) on the north bank of the Peace River, the main tidal inlet to the Charlotte Harbor estuary, itself an arm of the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. Route 41, the Tamiami Trail, crosses the Peace River between Charlotte Harbor and Punta Gorda via the Barron Collier Bridge (northbound) and the Gilchrist Bridge (southbound).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Charlotte Harbor CDP has a total area of 5.0 square miles (13.0 km2), of which 2.3 square miles (6.0 km2) is land and 2.7 square miles (7.0 km2), or 53.95%, is water.

Notable event

On August 13, 2004, Hurricane Charley first made mainland landfall at the mouth of Charlotte Harbor.

References

Charlotte Harbor, Florida Wikipedia