Cortez
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census-designated place in Manatee County, Florida, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Florida
- County
- Manatee
- Total
- 5.11 sq mi (13.24 km )
- Land
- 2.23 sq mi (5.78 km )
- Water
- 2.88 sq mi (7.46 km )
- Elevation
- 3 ft (0.91 m)
- Density
- 1,847.3/sq mi (713.24/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Zip codes
- 34215 (Cortez), 34210 ( Bradenton )
- Fips code
- 12-14700
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- census-designated place in the United States
- Official name
- Cortez
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Manatee County
- Population
- 4121
- Area
- 13.217196
- Elevation
- 1
- Households
- 2214
- Dialing code
- 941
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- water as percent of area
- 55.6282
- postal code
- 34215
- inception
- 1892-00-00
- per capita income
- 40830
- Commons category
- Cortez, Florida
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Encyclopedic overview
Cortez, a census-designated place (CDP) in Manatee County, Florida, United States, is a small Gulf Coast commercial fishing village that was founded by settlers from North Carolina in the 1880s. The population was 4,121 at the 2020 census, down from 4,241 at the 2010 census. It is part of the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cortez” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.