Bird Key

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title: "Bird Key" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["unincorporated-communities-in-sarasota-county,-florida", "islands-of-sarasota-county,-florida", "islands-of-florida", "unincorporated-communities-in-florida"] topic_path: "general/unincorporated-communities-in-sarasota-county-florida" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_Key" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
official_name	Bird Key, Florida
other_name	Bird Island
native_name
pushpin_map	USA Florida
pushpin_label_position
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Florida
subdivision_type2	Counties
subdivision_name2	Sarasota
leader_title1
established_title
established_title2
established_title3
unit_pref	Imperial
area_total_km2	12.7
area_land_km2	9.6
area_water_km2	2.8
area_total_sq_mi	9.3
area_land_sq_mi	6.9
area_water_sq_mi	3.1
population_as_of	2000
population_total	857
population_density_km2	auto
timezone	Eastern (EST)
utc_offset	-5
timezone_DST	EDT
utc_offset_DST	-4
coordinates
elevation_ft	10
postal_code_type	ZIP code
postal_code	34236
area_code	941
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	293935
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Bird Key is a barrier island in Sarasota Bay, south of the John Ringling Causeway, between mainland Sarasota and St. Armands Key. Originally a small barrier island connected to the Ringling Causeway by a tree lined causeway of its own, it was the home of John Ringling North, nephew of circus magnate John Ringling. Created by dredge and fill in the late 1950s, it is approximately 250 acre of one of the most prestigious residential areas on Florida's West Coast.

References

References

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". [[United States Geological Survey]].

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