Plantation Florida Map

About Plantation, Florida

Plantation is a locality in Sarasota County, Florida, United States. It has a population of 91,750. The population density is 1628.7 people per km². Plantation is located at 26.1256°N, 80.2618°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Plantation is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 33036, 33317, 34293.

Plantation emerges from the subtropical horizon as a verdant expanse defined by the meandering, slow-moving currents of Alligator Creek. It lies 3.3 miles east-northeast of South Venice, FL (from South Venice, FL: bearing 72°T), and is situated 8.6 miles west of North Port. The landscape here is defined by a thick, humid stillness, where the low-lying terrain is dominated by dense palmetto scrub and the persistent, tangled reach of mangroves. The air carries a heavy, saline weight, a constant reminder that the Gulf of Mexico waits only four miles to the west, its presence felt in the sudden, sharp shifts in the wind. Beyond the immediate reach of the creek, the land flattens into a vast, sun-drenched plain, where the light at dusk turns a bruised, electric purple, reflecting off the damp earth and the deep, dark veins of the local waterways that pulse through the Alligator Creek Conservation Area.

Plantation owes its character to a transformation from once-expansive citrus groves into a carefully managed suburban grid, a shift that continues to dictate the rhythm of its daily commerce and residential life. The economy, once tethered to the harvest of the soil, has long since integrated into the broader regional flow of trade and service, yet the shadow of the past persists in the wide, palm-lined avenues that seem to hold the memory of old orchards. While the quietude of the surroundings is occasionally broken by the distant, familiar hum of growth, the life of the locality remains anchored to the natural cycle of the humidity and the seasonal tides of the nearby coast. Even as development has reshaped the horizon, the proximity to the wilderness of the Alligator Creek Conservation Area ensures that the wild, untamed nature of the region remains a silent witness to the steady, modern evolution of Plantation.

About This Plantation Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Plantation, Florida. Coordinates: 26.125573, -80.261818. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Plantation includes the ZIP code (33036, 33317, 34293), telephone area code (941, 954, 754), county seat of Sarasota County (Sarasota), and school district assignment (Broward County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.