Fiesta Key

Fiesta Key
Aerial view of Fiesta Key, October 1987
Fiesta Key is located in Florida
Fiesta Key
Fiesta Key
Fiesta Key
Fiesta Key is located in Caribbean
Fiesta Key
Fiesta Key
Fiesta Key (Caribbean)
Geography
LocationGulf of Mexico
Coordinates24°50′27″N 80°47′23″W / 24.84086°N 80.789788°W / 24.84086; -80.789788
Administration
StateFlorida
CountyMonroe

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

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

Kampgrounds of America (KOA) bought the island from Greyhound in 1966 and renamed it as Fiesta Key. KOA no longer owns the island.

References

  1. ^ "Fiesta Key". Keys History. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
  2. ^ "KEYS HISTORY: FIESTA KEY HAD A CAROUSEL OF NAMES". Keys Weekly. August 14, 2023. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
  3. ^ "The Second Stage of Overseas Highway's Development". Keys Weekly. May 26, 2021. Retrieved October 16, 2023.


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