Looking Across the Intercoastal Water Way to Beach Park on Gulf of Mexico
The unique community of Nokomis is bordered by the beautiful cities of Sarasota and Venice. Nokomis, which was once known for having more cows than people, is now known for its beautiful seashore, many shopping opportunities and cultivated residential areas.
If a day of family fun in the sun is on your agenda, try Nokomis Beach, Sarasota County's oldest public beach. Nokomis Beach is known for its fishing, as well as its boat launch ramp and beautiful shoreline
Nokomis is a community located just north of Venice and South of Osprey It is an area where much of life revolves around water. There are waterfront neighborhoods located on Shackett, Salt and Fox Creeks, Dona, Roberts, and Lyons Bays, along the shores Blackburn Bay and on Southern Casey Key. Nokomis Beach is at the southern end of Casey Key near the Venice Inlet from the Gulf, and has a covered boardwalk together with benches for relaxing by the Gulf water. Nokomis also has several semi-private and public golf courses.
The history of Venice really began in Nokomis in 1868 when Jessie and Rebecca Knight, with their 15 children, 8 covered wagons and 300 head of cattle cut a path through the wilderness, to homestead the area. Their home was a double - pen log cabin and they built a palm - thatched shelter which served as both school and church, until a small school building was constructed about 5 years later.
Few of the original historic building, in Nokomis have survived but historic markers are on the site, of the original Venice post office, the turpentine still and the first church and cemetery. That church, called Knight's Chapel, was destroyed by the 1926 hurricane, It was the forerunner. If the Venice Nokomis Methodist Church which celebrated its 12th year in 1993. In 1910, Mrs. Potter Palmer, a wealthy widow from Chicago, arrived in the area, and acquired most of the land in what is now Sarasota County. She had Citrus groves and extensive real estate holding,,,, She liked the name "Venice" and insisted that the name be transferred south to the new terminus and post office, Over the futile protests of the residents, who were forced to find new name for their community, Several names were suggested and they chose "Nokomis." Eagle Point was originally part of Mrs. Palmer's land where an exclusive hunting and fishing camp was built in 1916. It changed hands over the years but was operated as a camp until 1988, making It the oldest continuously operating businesses in Sarasota County, Many of the original buildings still remain.community of Nokomis is bordered by the beautiful cities of Sarasota and Venice. Nokomis, which was once
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