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Bradenton (/ ˈ b r eɪ d ən t ən / BRAY-dən-tən) is a city in and the county seat of Manatee County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city's population is 55,698, up from 49,546 at the 2010 census. It is a principal city in the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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18 apr 2024 · Bradenton, city, seat (1903) of Manatee county, west-central Florida, U.S. It lies on the south bank of the Manatee River near its mouth at Tampa Bay, about 10 miles (15 km) north of Sarasota. The explorer Hernando de Soto landed nearby, probably at Shaw’s Point, in 1539 (an event commemorated by a.
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Prehistoric history
The area now known as Manatee County had been inhabited by Native Americans for thousands of years. Shell middens and other archaeological digs have been conducted throughout the county including at Terra Ceia and at Perico Island. These digs revealed materials belonging to peoples from the Woodland period.
European exploration and early settlement
Some historians have suggested that the southern mouth of the Manatee River was the landing site of the De Soto Expedition. Due to conflict during the Patriot War and First Seminole War, many Native American and African American refugees fled north Florida to the Tampa Bay region and some settled in modern-day Manatee County.[citation needed] The settlement they founded on the Manatee River was called Angola.[citation needed] By 1819, the population of Angola possibly reached as high as 600-7...
County formation and the American Civil War
Manatee County was created from Hillsborough County in January 1855, led by Florida Senate President Hamlin V. Snell. It covered 5,000 square miles and included all of what are now Charlotte County, DeSoto County, Glades County, Hardee County, Highlands County, Sarasota County and part of Lee County. The original county seat was Manatee, a village in what is now eastern Bradenton. In 1866, the county seat was moved from the village of Manatee to Pine Level, as a result of a referendum mandate...
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 893 square miles (2,310 km2), of which 743 square miles (1,920 km2) is land and 150 square miles (390 km2) (17%) is water.
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 399,710 people, 150,345 households, and 99,157 families residing in the county. By age, the population was spread out as such: 4.6% under 5 years old, 18.0% under 18 years old, and 28.1% 65 years and over. 51.7% of the population was female. The median income for a household in the county was $59,963 ...
Bealls of Florida has its headquarters and was founded 1915 in unincorporatedManatee County. Tropicana was founded here in the 1950s. Tropicana was later bought by PepsiCoin 2001. PepsiCo sold Tropicana to a French private equity firm in 2021.
The Manatee County Public Library System offers a collection of adult, young adult, and children's materials, as well as a genealogy section and a local history collection in the form of the Eaton Florida History Reading Room. Public computers are available at all library locations. The library also has a digital collection which includes e-books t...
Primary and secondary education
1. Manatee County School District– Public K-12 School district serving all of Manatee County
Higher education
1. Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine(LECOM) Bradenton – Private, non-profit graduate school of medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy 2. State College of Florida, Manatee–Sarasota(SCF) – Public, four-year state college, branch campus of State College of Florida 3. University of South Florida Sarasota-Manateecampus (USF)-Preeminent, Public Research University and member of the American Association of Universities (AAU)
Cities
1. Anna Maria 2. Bradenton 3. Bradenton Beach 4. Holmes Beach 5. Palmetto
Town
1. Longboat Key (part)
Manatee County has a county transportation service, MCAT. It serves this county, Pinellas County, and Sarasota County.
Political history
Manatee County is part of the strongly Republican Sun Belt. The area became a Republican stronghold following World War II and has remained so since: the last Democrat to win Manatee County was Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944. During the peak of the Socialist Party's prominence in the early 20th century, Manatee County would elect the only socialist to the state legislature, Andrew Jackson Pettigrew to the Florida House of Representatives in 1906 for one term defeating John A. Graham (who was a...
Voter registration
Information as of March 12, 2024.
Bradenton is a city of Florida in the United States. It is the county seat of Manatee County. Geography. Bradenton has a total area of 17.5 square miles.
The Bishop Museum of Science and Nature (formerly the South Florida Museum), located in Bradenton, Florida, is a natural history museum specializing in the history of Florida's gulf coast. It houses exhibits highlighting Florida history from the prehistoric to the present.
