About Punta Gorda

Punta Gorda (; English: Fat Point) is a city in and the county seat of Charlotte County, Florida, United States, as well as the only incorporated municipality in the county. As of the 2010 U.S. Census the city had a population of 16,641. Punta Gorda is the principal city of the Punta Gorda, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area and is also in the Sarasota-Bradenton-Punta Gorda Combined Statistical Area.Punta Gorda was the scene of massive destruction after Charley, a Category 4 hurricane, and Ian both came through the city on August 13, 2004, and September 28, 2022. Charley was the strongest tropical system to hit Florida since Hurricane Andrew in 1992, and the first hurricane since Hurricane Donna in 1960 to make a direct hit on Florida's southwest coast. In the immediate years following the storm, buildings were restored or built to hurricane-resistant building codes.