Woodmere, Florida

Woodmere is an unincorporated community 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Englewood in Sarasota County, Florida.

Woodmere was settled in 1918 as a headquarters for the newly established Manasota Lumber Company.

The town had a four-story sawmill, three drying sheds, a commissary, a movie house, 1,500 homes, and two churches.

The Gulf Coast Rail Road connected Woodmere to Venice, where lumber could be moved to the Seaboard Rail Road that ran to Tampa.

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