North Palm Beach Florida Information

North Port is one of Florida's largest little cities, with 77 square miles of land, an 8,000-acre state forest within its limits, and a population of 17,000 in season. The city was founded in June 1959 by General Development Corp./Mackle Brothers as a company-owned, company-run city. Its original name was North Port Charlotte, but the Charlotte was dropped in 1974.With the third-largest land mass for a city in the state, North Port is now the fourth fastest-growing municipality in the state and has a flourishing youth population. There are two elementary schools in the city. Middle and high school children are attending Venice Schools until a new middle/high school can be built. North Port presently accounts for nearly 80 percent of the growth in Sarasota County schools.