Editing Nokomis, Florida

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[[Image:Nokomis Beach.jpg|thumb|right|View from Nokomis Beach, outside the Nokomis CDP, early on a summer morning]]
'''Nokomis''' is an unincorporated town in [[Sarasota County, Florida|Sarasota County]] and a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) along the Gulf Coast of [[Florida]], United States, located south of [[Osprey, Florida|Osprey]] and just north of [[Venice, Florida|Venice]]. The town has access to the coast through Nokomis Public Beach and Casey Key. The town's population was 3,217 at the 2020 census, up from 3,167 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]].<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1248875| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212181318/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1248875| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Nokomis CDP, Florida| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=April 15, 2013}}</ref> It is part of the [[North Port, Florida|North Port]]&ndash;[[Bradenton, Florida|Bradenton]]&ndash;[[Sarasota, Florida]] [[Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

== History ==
[[File:Interior of Knights Chapel - Nokomis, FL.jpg|thumb|Interior of the Knight Chapel, which was destroyed by the 1926 Hurricane.]]
The first white settlers in what is now known as Nokomis were the Knights and at least 3 other families who moved to the area in 1868. The Knights had initially raised cattle further inland during the [[American Civil War]] in an effort to avoid raids by the Union army. Following the end of hostilities, they moved closer to the shore, in the hopes that the climate of the coastal areas were better for their health. The area was initially called Horse and Chaise, which included modern day [[Venice, Florida|Venice]]. Knight donated the land for the first school and also helped build the first chapel.<ref name="Berry">{{cite book |last1=Berry |first1=Joan |title=The Homesteaders: Early Settlers of Nokomis and Laurel |date=2008 |pages=15–16 |edition=Revised}}</ref>

In 1917, Alfred F. Wrede established the first post office with the name of Nokomis southwest of the original Venice post office. The same year, orthopedic surgeon Dr. Fred Albee purchased 112 acres from the Sarasota-Venice Company. With Ellis W. Nash, Albee created the Nokomis subdivision by subdividing the property into 130 lots, with streets radiating from two inner avenue circles and the new asphalt highway, which eventually became U.S. 41. On U.S. 41, Albee and investors built the Pollyanna Inn, a 35-room hotel.<ref>{{Cite web|title=FOUR: HISTORICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES|url=http://naca-nokomis.com/history/Chapter4NokomisHistory.pdf}}</ref>

The [[American Guide Series|Florida guide]], compiled in the late 1930s and first published in 1939, listed Nokomis's population as 79 and described it as "a suburb of Venice, […] separated from that town by Shackett Creek…"<ref name="auto">{{cite book |last=Federal Writers' Project |date=1947 |edition= 5th |title=Florida: A Guide to the Southernmost State |url=https://archive.org/details/floridaguidetoso00fede/page/394/mode/2up?q=Nokomis |location=New York |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=395}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the Nokomis Census Designated Place (CDP) has a total area of {{convert|5.0|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|4.2|km2|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.8|km2|disp=flip}}, or 15.65%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

Nokomis includes approximately 2.5 miles of the [[Legacy Trail (Florida)|Legacy Trail]], including a water crossing at the Shakett Creek (Dona Bay) bridge.

Casey Key is a [[barrier island]] to the northwest of the [[Census-designated place|CDP]] along the [[Gulf of Mexico]], where there are luxurious beachfront houses lining the key. Casey Key is not part of any CDP.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/pl10map/cou_blk/st12_fl/c12115_sarasota/| title=P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Sarasota County, FL| date=Dec 11, 2011| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=April 15, 2013}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1990 = 2286
| 2000 = 2253
| 2010 = 3167
| 2020 = 3217
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 3,334 people, 1,544 households, and 955 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|1,998.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,820 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,091.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 97.69% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.60% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.24% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.30% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.27% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.90% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.86% of the population.

There were 1,544 households, out of which 19.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.8% were married couples living together, 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.1% were non-families. 30.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.15 and the average family size was 2.64.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 17.1% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 25.5% from 25 to 44, 28.3% from 45 to 64, and 23.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.4 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $34,699, and the median income for a family was $37,731. Males had a median income of $27,209 versus $21,563 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $22,077. About 8.6% of families and 12.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 13.4% of those under age 18 and 10.6% of those age 65 or over.

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[[Category:Sarasota metropolitan area]]
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