 Siesta Key is part of the Bradenton–Sarasota–Venice Metropolitan Statistical Area.From the 1800s and early 1900s, Siesta Key was known by a variety of names, including "Little Sarasota Key" and "Sarasota Key".The first attempts to develop the key was by the Siesta Land Company in 1907 consisting of Harry Higel, Captain Louis Roberts, and E.M. Arbogast.