Casey Key Florida Real Estate

Casey Key, Florida is an eight mile barrier island stretching along the mainland from Sarasota to Venice, Florida. Siesta Key would be the next barrier island to the north.

This little known tropical paradise is accessed by an old slow turning pivot bridge at Blackburn Point Road on the north end and by the bridge from Albee Road through Nokomis on the south end.

Casey Key, Florida is almost entirely residential with very few commercial enterprises, just a few older motels at the south end. The white, sandy beaches along this ribbon of an island are narrow is many places since the whole island is maybe 300 yards wide in many spots. In fact, homes on the northern end usually have property from Gulf to Bay. About 450 homes dot the island. Casey Key Road winds it way down the entire length of the island.

At the end of the key is Nokomis Beach, a 22-acre free public beach with lifeguards, restrooms, parking, bait, showers, playground, boat ramp, picnic areas and more.

Expect to spend over a million dollars and probably several million to live on Casey Key, Florida. Some of the highest priced homes ever to sell in Sarasota County were on Casey Key, Florida. The north end of the island has a gate which allows residents only to enter. Several well known celebrities maintain homes there.

Casey Key, Florida was named for Captain John Charles Casey, a West Point graduate in the same era as General Robert E. Lee. He was assigned to Florida after the Seminole Wars to help move the Seminole Indians. While in Florida, Captain Casey mapped much of the area for the government, and in his honor, the key was named Casey Key, Florida. Before that it had been named Chaises Key.

For all its seclusion and palatial mansions, Casey Key, Florida is still close to Sarasota or Venice for shopping, restaurants and cultural activities.

For more information on Casey Key, Florida, contact Roxanne or Shannon Moore.