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Charlotte County is Florida's 57^th county, established on April 23, 1921, from a segment of DeSoto County. It gains its name from Charlotte Harbor. The name Charlotte may be derived from a corruption of the word Calusa, an Indian tribe found in that area. Punta Gorda, whose name means wide or fat point in Spanish, is the county seat. This refers to an arm of land that juts into Charlotte Bay.

For earlier maps of this area, visit the DeSoto County map gallery.

1932, United States Geological Survey.

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