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Sarasota National Golf Club

25510 National Blvd, Venice, FL 34293, United States
Phone: 1 941-496-8676

Lifestyle is the hallmark of Sarasota National Golf Club with a beautiful Venice golf club that features an 18-hole, Gordon Lewis designed championship Florida ... more

$ 30 average cost

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About Venice

Venice is a city in Sarasota County, Florida, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 20,748. It is noted for its large snowbird population.

Venice is a principal city of the Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. In the 1870s, Richard Roberts established a homestead near Roberts Bay. In 1884, he sold a portion of his holdings to Frank Higel. Higel established a citrus operation involving the production of several lines of canned citrus items, and for the next 30 years the Higel family members were boat builders, fishermen, grove caretakers and contractors. Darwin Curry was the first postmaster. The Higel and Curry families chose the name "Venice" for their community post office, located south of Shakett Creek on what is now Portia Street in the unincorporated community of Nokomis.

The first railroad to Venice was built in 1911, paving the way for new development and expansion. Development in Venice occurred slowly, and it remained a small fishing town and farming community through the first part of the 1920s. In 1925, Dr. Fred H. Albee, a well-known orthopedic surgeon, purchased 2,916 acres (11.80 km2) of land from the Venice-Sarasota Company.

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