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Boca Grande Government
Boca Grande which means “big mouth” in Spanish was named for the mouth of the waterway it resides on. It is located on Gasparilla Island and is in Lee County, although it falls under the Cape Coral-FortMyers metropolitan area statistically. Boca Grande is very popular with affluent holiday vacationers, as many of them keep a second home on the island. The seems to be a certain degree of acrimony among the year round inhabitants and the vacationers.
Boca Grande is a community located in Lee County at latitude 26.749 and longitude -82.262. The elevation is 3 feet. The population of Boca Grande in July 2007 was 1,491
Boca Grande Ethnicity:
- White Non-Hispanic (99.1%)
- Hispanic (1.5%)
- Black (0.5%)
- American Indian (0.5%)
The cost of living index in Boca Grande: 117.9 (U.S. average is 100)
Elevation: 7 feet
Land area: 2.13 square miles.
Population density: 701 people per square mile
Important Phone Numbers:
Boca Grande Fire Department
2000 E Railroad Ave
Boca Grande, FL 33921
(941) 964-2908
Police Department: (941) 639-4111
City of Punta Gorda Police Department: (941) 639-4111
