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| El Jobean | Placida | Punta Gorda |
| Englewood | Port Charlotte | Rotonda West |
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| Location: Southwest Florida bordering the Gulf of Mexico and Sarasota, DeSoto, Glades and Lee Counties. | |
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Population: 141,627 (Census 2000) Area: 859.12 Square Miles Land Area: 693.60 Square Miles Water Area: 165.51 Square Miles County Seat: Punta Gorda |
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Average temperature: January - 64 degrees, August - 8193 degrees.
Average rainfall: 52.55
History: Charlotte County was established in 1921 from a portion of DeSoto County and named for Charlotte Harbor. Charlotte may be a corruption of Carlos or Calos, words associated with the Calusa, the Indian group in southwest Florida at the time of Spanish contact.
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