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ID: 7014483
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7014483
Record Type:
administrative
Sarasota (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 27 20 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 27.3333
decimal degrees
Long: 082 31 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -82.5167
decimal degrees
Note:
Resort city in W central Florida on Sarasota Bay; around 1910 Chicago socialite Mrs. Potter Palmer promoted tourism & built a ranch here; in 1927 John Ringling chose site as winter headquarters for the Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey Circus.
Names:
Sarasota
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Sara Zota
(
H
,
V
)
Sarasote
(
H
,
V
)
............
was shown on maps during 1700s
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
North and Central America
(continent) (
P
)
........
United States
(nation) (
P
)
............
Florida
(state) (
P
)
................
Sarasota
(county) (
P
)
....................
Sarasota
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
Scottish settlers arrived in 1885
city (
C
)
............
incorporated in 1914
county seat (
C
)
............
since 1921
tourist center (
C
)
............
includes Sarasota Jungle Gardens & Mayakka River State Park
agricultural center (
C
)
............
for cattle & vegetables
cultural center (
C
)
............
site of Ringling museums, gallery of Baroque art, Asolo Theater (brought from Italy & reassembled) & John Ringling's estate
educational center (
C
)
............
houses New College, University of South Florida at Sarasota & Ringling School of Art
Sources and Contributors:
Sarasota..........
[
BHA
,
GRLPSC
,
VP Preferred
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
X, 447
.................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS12016294
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
1080
Sarasote..........
[
VP
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
X, 447
Sara Zota..........
[
VP
]
....................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
X, 447
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
GRLPSC
,
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
X, 447
..................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS12016294
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
1080
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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