Fiesta Key
.jpg) Aerial view of Fiesta Key, October 1987 | |
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| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Gulf of Mexico |
| Coordinates | 24°50′27″N 80°47′23″W / 24.84086°N 80.789788°W |
| Administration | |
| State | Florida |
| County | Monroe |
Fiesta Key is the northeasternmost island in the middle Florida Keys, connected via causeway to U.S. 1 (or the Overseas Highway) at mile marker 70, between Long Key and Craig Key.[1]
History
[edit]Fiesta Key's earliest name on record was Jew-fish Kay. In an 1873 survey, Charles Smith, who came to the Keys to conduct government surveys of the islands, identified it as Jewfish Key.[2]
Louie Turner homesteaded the island on January 7, 1908, becoming the first recorded owner.
For a period in the 1950s and 1960s, the island was a property of The Greyhound Corporation. During that period it was named Tropical Key, then Greyhound Key.[3]
Tourism and Camping
[edit]Kampgrounds of America (KOA) bought the island from Greyhound in 1966 and renamed it as Fiesta Key. KOA no longer owns the island.
References
[edit]- ^ "Fiesta Key". Keys History. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
- ^ "KEYS HISTORY: FIESTA KEY HAD A CAROUSEL OF NAMES". Keys Weekly. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
- ^ "The Second Stage of Overseas Highway's Development". Keys Weekly. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
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