The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusOsprey is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sarasota County, Florida, United States. The population was 6,690 at the 2020 census, up from 6,100 at the 2010 census. The town is located in Southwest Florida and is part of the North Port–Bradenton–Sarasota, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 6,100 to 6,690 (+10%). Half of its homes were built before 1998.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Osprey yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Osprey’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Osprey’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Osprey, decade by decade
2000
3 historic places in Osprey
3 places in Osprey are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
Architectural styles
When they were listed
Listed 1994Osprey School
Listed 2001Blackburn Point Bridge
Listed 2012Burrows, Waters and Elsa, Historic DistrictThen & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (7) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.