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Fiesta Key

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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.
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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
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Kampgrounds of America (KOA) bought the island from Greyhound in 1966 and renamed it as Fiesta Key. KOA no longer owns the island.
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Louie Turner homesteaded the island on January 7, 1908, becoming the first recorded owner.
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Fiesta Key is located in Florida
Fiesta Key is located in Caribbean
Gulf of Mexico
24°50′27″N 80°47′23″W / 24.84086°N 80.789788°W / 24.84086; -80.789788
United States
Florida
Monroe
Florida Keys
U.S. 1
Overseas Highway
Long Key
Craig Key
Greyhound Key
"Fiesta Key"
"KEYS HISTORY: FIESTA KEY HAD A CAROUSEL OF NAMES"
"The Second Stage of Overseas Highway's Development"
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Florida Keys
Biscayne National Park
Soldier
Ragged
Boca Chita
Sands
Elliott
Adams
Caesar's Rock
Meig's

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