| Official Name: | Charlotte Harbor, Florida |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Mapsize: | 250x200px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Florida |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Charlotte |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 12.95 |
| Area Land Km2: | 6.01 |
| Area Water Km2: | 6.94 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 5.00 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 2.32 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 2.68 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 3784 |
| Population Density Km2: | 629.68 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 1631.03 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 26.9639°N -82.0622°W |
| Elevation Ft: | 4 |
| Area Code: | 941 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 12-11625[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0280326[3] |
Charlotte Harbor is a census-designated place (CDP) in Charlotte County, Florida, United States. The name Charlotte Harbor also refers to Charlotte Harbor (estuary) and Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park, a 42000acres preserve with of shoreline along Charlotte Harbor in Charlotte County.[4]
The population of Charlotte Harbor was 3,784 in 2020, up from 3,710 at the 2010 census.[5] It is part of the Punta Gorda, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area and included in the North Port-Bradenton, Florida Combined Statistical Area.
Charlotte Harbor is located at 26.9639°N -82.0622°W (26.963897, -82.062267)[6] on the north bank of the Peace River, the main tidal inlet to the Charlotte Harbor estuary, itself an arm of the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. Route 41, the Tamiami Trail, crosses the Peace River between Charlotte Harbor and Punta Gorda via the Barron Collier Bridge (northbound) and the Gilchrist Bridge (southbound).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Charlotte Harbor CDP has a total area of 13km2, of which 6km2 is land and 7km2, or 53.95%, is water.[5]
On August 13, 2004, Hurricane Charley first made mainland landfall at the mouth of Charlotte Harbor.