Historic Spanish Point
A 30-acre museum and environmental complex with a prehistoric Calusa shell mound, a pioneer homestead museum, a citrus packing house, a chapel, a boatyard, gardens and nature trails.
Source: Wikipedia: Osprey, Florida
Living in Osprey, Florida
A Sarasota County community on Florida’s Gulf Coast.
01 — At a Glance
A community on Florida’s Gulf Coast.
Osprey is a census-designated place in Sarasota County on Florida’s Gulf Coast, part of the North Port–Bradenton–Sarasota metro area. The 2020 census counted 6,690 residents.
Osprey covers 6.1 square miles in Sarasota County, 0.6 of them water, by Census Bureau figures. The 2020 census counted 6,690 residents, up from 6,100 in 2010.
6,6902020 census population
34229Primary ZIP code
6.1 sq miTotal area
0.6 sq miWater area
Sources: Wikipedia: Osprey, Florida (U.S. Census Bureau figures) · Sarasota County · Florida State Parks: Oscar Scherer
02 — History
Shell mounds, homesteads and a one-lane bridge.
Blackburn Point Bridge
A one-lane bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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2020
6,690 residents
The 2020 census counted 6,690 people in Osprey, up from 6,100 in 2010.
Source: Wikipedia: Osprey, Florida
03 — Places
Places Osprey is known for.
Oscar Scherer State Park
Osprey is the mailing address for the park and the Scherer Thaxton Preserve, among the few protected areas with habitat for the Florida scrub jay.
Source: Wikipedia: Osprey, Florida
Osprey Public Library
The library sits at Historic Spanish Point in a converted schoolhouse, part of the Sarasota County Public Library System.
Source: Wikipedia: Osprey, Florida