Palmer Ranch Communities

Palmer Ranch is a large master planned community of neighborhoods on over 10,000 acres located in Sarasota, Florida.  It has become one of the most popular areas of Sarasota to live because of its very well planned out neighborhoods, location to many conveniences, and the diversity of housing styles from maintenance free condos to million dollar estates. Palmer Ranch is home to over 20 different neighborhoods.  If you have every considered living in Sarasota perhaps looking at what Palmer Ranch has to offer may be a very good first step.

Palmer Ranch was not always a bustling area of well maintained neighborhoods and golf courses.  The history of what today is called Palmer Ranch goes back to 1900 when a wealthy socialite business woman from Chicago by the name of Bertha Honore Palmer fell in love with sunny Sarasota and purchased this very large tract of rural Florida land to be used for growing and farming oranges and raising cattle.   Today this tract of land called Palmer Ranch is bordered on the north side by Clark Road, by the east with Honore Ave, and to the west by route 41 also known as South Tamiami Trail, with the south end of Palmer Ranch blending into The Oaks Golf Country Club on route 41 heading toward Nokomis, which is the area where Mrs. Palmer had her home.

The community of Palmer Ranch appeals to many different people whether you are a snow bird and would like to have a second home in sunny Sarasota, or if you are retiring to the south to live full-time, or if you are looking to raise a young family in an active fun family oriented area of Sarasota.  Even though you will still see some cows in the fields in the Palmer Ranch outer areas, today Palmer Ranch is home to over 20 different planned neighborhoods and communities with business and recreation facilities throughout the Palmer Ranch area.