This is an unincorporated community  5 miles north of Englewood in Sarasota County Florida.  It was settled in 1918 as A headquarters for the Neely established Manasota Lumber company.  At one time, this was a massive operation managing thousand acres of timberland.At its peak between 1918 to 1923 the operation at Woodmere was a fully self contained company town with industrial, residential and civic buildings.

The heart of the operation was the massive industrial complex.

     Sawmill

There was a four story structure roughly the size of a full city block.

     Drying sheds

Three large sheds used for seasoning lumber

     Machine shop

A large facility for maintaining mill equipment and locomotives

     Railroad Yard

Featured a network of narrow gauge rail lines and two locomotives for moving logs and finished lumber

     Mule Corral 

Housing for the animals buses in early logging and hauling