Fiesta Key
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Fiesta Key Fiesta Key | |
Geography | |
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Location | Gulf of Mexico |
Coordinates | 24°50′27″N 80°47′23″W / 24.84086°N 80.789788°WCoordinates: 24°50′27″N 80°47′23″W / 24.84086°N 80.789788°W |
Administration | |
State | Florida |
County | Monroe |
Fiesta Key is an island in the Florida Keys, connected via causeway to U.S. 1 (or the Overseas Highway) at mile marker 70, between Long Key and Craig Key.
It was first recorded as Jew-fish Kay (later Jewfish Key, Jewfish Bush Key).
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 , then Greyhound Key.
Kampgrounds of America (KOA) bought the island from Greyhound in 1966 and renamed it as Fiesta Key.
References[]
- Wilkinson, Jerry. "History of Fiesta Key". Retrieved 2007-05-29.
Categories:
- Islands of the Florida Keys
- Islands of Monroe County, Florida
- Islands of Florida
- Monroe County, Florida geography stubs