Lakewood Ranch, FL is an arranged network situated in southeastern Manatee County and northeastern Sarasota County, Florida, the United States comprising of roughly 31,000 sections of land (13,000 ha). It is important for the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. 

The zone initially was collected in 1905 by John Schroeder as Schroeder-Manatee Ranch (SMR). The land was bought by individuals from Milwaukee's Uihlein family in 1922 for farm activities, for example, lumber and cows. In 1977, the Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority reported aims to assemble another air terminal close to the Sarasota-Manatee province line around 10 to 20 miles (16 to 32 km) east of its present area, connecting to future Interstate 75. The air terminal position struck down the thought in 1985 and extended the current air terminal office. The air terminal proposition and the development of Interstate 75 brought about SMR's directorate to seek after making an arranged network for the land. 

During the 1980s, SMR planned an objective hotel venture called Cypress Banks. The task comprised of 1,800 sections of land (730 ha) and included 5,000 blended private units, three fairways, and a 300-room lodging. The task and improvement of territorial effect (DRI) were at first denied by Manatee County in 1987 however later endorsed in December 1989. The undertaking never got things started and SMR kept up vested rights to the land. The main neighbourhood improvement, Summerfield, was assembled and finished in 1995. 

Lakewood Ranch, FL was set up as an improvement of local effect (DRI), as characterized in Section 380.06 of the Florida Statutes, in December 1989. The ace arranged network is kept up through the Lakewood Ranch Stewardship District and five network advancement areas (CDD) inside the District. The District was set up on June 14, 2005, by the Florida lawmaking body. The District includes 23,055 sections of land (9,330 ha) inside Manatee and Sarasota regions. The CDDs fundamental forces are to design, money, build, work, and keep up network-wide foundation and administrations explicitly to support its occupants. The Lakewood Ranch Inter-District Authority (IDA) was made to work Town Hall and give regulatory, budgetary, and activities/support administrations to the Lakewood Ranch CDDs. The IDA is made out of one agent from each CDD.