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Key West, Iowa

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The town of Key West was settled in 1834, the year after Dubuque's founding. There was plenty of timber, prairie land and streams for water in section 12 of Table Mound Township, in Dubuque County, on the road that became the Old Military Road. Key West's population was 56 in 1902, and 52 in 1915.
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The village does have a number of local establishments that allow it to maintain a certain degree of autonomy. It has its own church,
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The town was named because it was considered the main egress from Dubuque westward.
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Information on Key West's beginnings is from the book My Old Dubuque by Len Kruse
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Atlas of Johnson County, Iowa, 1917 :: Iowa Counties Historic Atlases
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Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition
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Key West is located in Iowa
42°26′56″N 90°41′02″W / 42.44889°N 90.68389°W / 42.44889; -90.68389
Country
United States
State
Iowa
County
Dubuque County
Time zone
UTC-6
CST
DST
UTC-5
CDT
GNIS

unincorporated community
Dubuque County
Iowa
Dubuque
151
61
52
Dubuque Regional Airport
Southwest Arterial
St. Joseph's - Key West Catholic Church
Mt. Olivet
Fire
EMS

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