Old Miakka (or Old Myakka) is a census-designated place in Sarasota County, Florida, United States.

[2][3] The Old Miakka United Methodist Church was built in 1886 on land donated by William Rawls and Augustus M.

A letter written in 1940 by W. Stanley Hanson of the Seminole Indian Association to Claude E. Ragan, Project Superintendent of the newly formed Myakka River State Park which was known as Miakka Valley State Forest & Park.

[7] The letter explains Hanson's attempt to discover the history and origin of the various spellings.

[8][additional citation(s) needed] The United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) ruled in December 1943 on the usage of "Old Myakka" for the spelling of the geographical name as it was "both officially and locally preferred to help distinguish it from Myakka City and vice versa.