Editing Englewood, Florida (section)

==History==

Archeological digs in what is now Englewood discovered ceramics belonging to both the [[Weeden Island culture]] and [[Safety Harbor culture]].<ref>{{cite journal |author=Bullen, R. P. |year=1969 |title=Southern Limit of Timucua Territory |journal=The Florida Historical Quarterly |volume=47 |issue=4 |page=418 |jstor=30140244 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author1=Deming, J. |author2=Schwarz, R. |author3=Carender, P. |author4=Delanaye, D. |author5=Williams, J. |publisher=Sarasota County Department of Historical Resources, Department of Environmental Regulation |year=1990 |title=An Historic Resources Survey of the Coastal Zone of Sarasota County, Florida |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CZIC-g70-215-c63-f6-1990/html/CZIC-g70-215-c63-f6-1990.htm |page=19 }}</ref>

One of the earliest white settlers in the area was William Goff, who arrived by schooner from Tampa in 1878.<ref name=Proud>{{cite news |title=Englewood's Beginnings...The Proud History of Today's Thriving Community |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Q4AfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rHwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4412%2C6716766 |access-date=6 January 2022 |newspaper=Sarasota Herald-Tribune |date=August 30, 1995 |page=10 }}</ref> He settled a piece of land a few miles south of where Englewood would be platted. On July 3, 1895, a post office was established in the area as well.  The [[Great Freeze]] of 1894 and 1895, along with a bad freeze in 1896, led to the decimation of many local orange plants. For this reason, by 1897, a Manatee County General Directory listed fish as the chief product for Englewood.<ref name=Deming123>Deming, et al (1990). p. 123.</ref>

The original plat of Englewood was recorded and filed on August 17, 1896.<ref name=Deming123/>  The home lots were {{convert|1|acre|ha|abbr=on|adj=on}}, and the grove lots&mdash;likely intended for citrus&mdash;were {{convert|10|acre|ha|abbr=on}}. The area was developed by three brothers, and the name Englewood came from their hometown, [[Englewood, Chicago]].<ref name=Proud/> Some streets, such as Dearborn, Harvard, and Yale, are named after those in Chicago.

In 1898, the Englewood Inn was opened, a relatively large hotel with 16 rooms. The hotel serviced visitors from up north until it burned down in 1909.<ref name=Proud/><ref>{{cite news |last=Shank |first=Ann |title=The Nichols Brothers of Englewood |url=http://www.sarasotahistoryalive.com/history/articles/the-nichols-brothers-of-englewood/ |access-date=January 7, 2022 |publisher=Sarasota History Alive!}}</ref>

Both Sarasota and Charlotte Counties were created in 1921.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.charlottecounty100.com/our-history | title=Our History |publisher=Charlotte County, Florida }}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Cassell, F.A. |year=2019 |title=Creating Sarasota County |publisher=The History Press }}</ref> Englewood was initially more on the Sarasota side of the modern county line; as it expanded, it came to be more equally in both counties.

In 2024, heavy rainfall from [[Hurricane Helene]] followed less than two weeks later by [[storm surge]] from [[Hurricane Milton]] caused extensive damage to Englewood. A number of houses were flooded during Helene and then destroyed during Milton.<ref>{{cite news |first=Earle |last=Kimel |url=https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/venice/2024/10/12/milton-storm-surge-wreaks-havoc-on-englewood-along-lemon-bay/75626137007/ |title=One-two punch: Hurricane Milton storm surge finishes destruction Hurricane Helene started |newspaper=Sarasota Herald-Tribune |date=October 12, 2024 |access-date=October 15, 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Ty |last=O'Neil |url=https://apnews.com/video/florida-hurricanes-and-typhoons-hurricane-milton-natural-disasters-ron-desantis-60edd6339aef421a9bfc597f715855b2 |title=Beachfront community in Florida destroyed after Hurricane Milton |publisher=AP News |type=video, 1&nbsp;min 24&nbsp;sec. |date=October 12, 2024 |access-date=October 15, 2024 }}</ref>