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We would like to provide the residents of  Holmes Beach  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Holmes Beach Home page. The Holmes Beach Home page provides as much information as possible on Holmes Beach. Knowing Holmes Beach’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Holmes Beach’s Home page, you will also find Holmes Beach’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Holmes Beach has a population of 4276. 44.9% of Holmes Beach’s inhabitants are Male, and 55.1 are female. 64.3% of Holmes Beach is married and 82.5% own their own home. The Average Home price is $594,483, and the average rent is $1,216. Household median income in Holmes Beach is $61,628, and the individual median income is $37,523. Holmes Beach’s Ethnic is the following: White(98.9%), Hispanic(2.8%), Other(1%), Multiple(0.1%).


Holmes Beach was named for John E. Holmes Sr., the property developer who started this planned community after World War II. During World War II, Holmes was stationed in Tampa. Holmes obtained the interest of three others, Frank B. Giles of Georgia, Pedar Mickelsen of Minnesota and Francis Karel of Chicago, to help develop it.


In 1947 or 1948 a small airport was built. One person had a plane at the airport and used it as an air taxi during the tourist season and was used by residents and visitors taking them to wherever they wanted to go. Holmes Beach was incorporated on March 13, 1950, during a meeting about incorporating with 46 voting in favor, 13 against and 1 in abstention.


Opponents of incorporation argued that tax money from cigarettes and liquor sales would be lost along with county assistance for road maintenance. Those in favor of incorporation argued that it would be easier for lenders to finance new construction on the island and give local residents an equal weight for their voice in their own government.


Despite a request not to use anyone's name, Holmes Beach was decided on, although names such as Palm City, Mid-Island Beach, Coquina Beach and Tarpon Beach were considered as well. At the end of the meeting the city's first officials were elected.Manatee Public Beach located at the intersection of Manatee Avenue and Gulf Drive opened in 1952 originally as Manatee County Public Beach.


It was managed by a local Kiwanis Club chapter, with all proceeds going to local charity-related initiatives. During the 1950s and 1960s the beach was racially segregated like many others in the Southeastern United States. It is not clear, however, when the beach was officially desegregated. The beach was renamed "Manatee Beach" before being changed to Manatee Public Beach.In 1954, Holmes Beach annexed the neighboring subdivision communities of Ilexhurst, Jones, and Casanas, bringing the entirety of Anna Maria Island under municipal governments.An airport that had existed closed in 1973 because of the cost to maintain it and that it needed improvements.


Between 1975 and 1980, the airport land was redeveloped by the municipal government.


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