Fiesta Key

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Fiesta Key
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Aerial view of Fiesta Key, October 1987
Fiesta Key is located in Florida
Fiesta Key
Fiesta Key
Fiesta Key
Geography
LocationGulf of Mexico
Coordinates24°50′27″N 80°47′23″W / 24.84086°N 80.789788°W / 24.84086; -80.789788Coordinates: 24°50′27″N 80°47′23″W / 24.84086°N 80.789788°W / 24.84086; -80.789788
Administration
StateFlorida
CountyMonroe

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.


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