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href="#Casa_Marina"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1.2</span> <span>Casa Marina</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Casa_Marina-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Southernmost_point_in_the_United_States" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Southernmost_point_in_the_United_States"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1.3</span> <span>Southernmost point in the United States</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Southernmost_point_in_the_United_States-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Key_West_Library" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Key_West_Library"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1.4</span> <span>Key West Library</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Key_West_Library-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-"Spoonbill"" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#"Spoonbill""> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1.4.1</span> <span>"Spoonbill"</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-"Spoonbill"-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Collection" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Collection"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1.4.2</span> <span>Collection</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Collection-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_residences" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_residences"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Notable residences</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_residences-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Little_White_House" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Little_White_House"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2.1</span> <span>Little White House</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Little_White_House-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ernest_Hemingway_house" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ernest_Hemingway_house"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2.2</span> <span>Ernest Hemingway house</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ernest_Hemingway_house-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tennessee_Williams_house" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tennessee_Williams_house"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2.3</span> <span>Tennessee Williams house</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tennessee_Williams_house-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Port_of_Key_West" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Port_of_Key_West"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Port of Key West</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Port_of_Key_West-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Climate" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Climate"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Climate</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Climate-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Climate subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Climate-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Wet_and_dry_seasons" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Wet_and_dry_seasons"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Wet and dry seasons</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Wet_and_dry_seasons-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Hurricanes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hurricanes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Hurricanes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hurricanes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Demographics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Demographics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Demographics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Demographics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-2010_and_2020_census" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2010_and_2020_census"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>2010 and 2020 census</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2010_and_2020_census-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2000_census" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2000_census"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>2000 census</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2000_census-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-"Conchs"" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#"Conchs""> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>"Conchs"</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-"Conchs"-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cuban_presence" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cuban_presence"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>Cuban presence</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cuban_presence-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Government_and_politics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Government_and_politics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Government and politics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Government_and_politics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Government and politics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Government_and_politics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Mayors" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mayors"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Mayors</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Mayors-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Military_presence" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Military_presence"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Military presence</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Military_presence-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Military presence subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Military_presence-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Naval_Air_Station_Key_West" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Naval_Air_Station_Key_West"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Naval Air Station Key West</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Naval_Air_Station_Key_West-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Media" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Media"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Media</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Media-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Education" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Education"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Education</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Education-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_people" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_people"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Notable people</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_people-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Explanatory_notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Explanatory_notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Explanatory notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Explanatory_notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-References-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon 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href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ki-Vest" title="Ki-Vest – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Ki-Vest" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C_%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%8C_%D9%81%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7" title="کی وست، فلوریدا – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="کی وست، فلوریدا" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F" title="কি ওয়েস্ট – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="কি ওয়েস্ট" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West_(Florida)" title="Key West (Florida) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Key West (Florida)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%96-%D0%A3%D1%8D%D1%81%D1%82" title="Кі-Уэст – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Кі-Уэст" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West_(Florida)" title="Key West (Florida) – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Key West (Florida)" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West" title="Key West – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Key West" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West_(kapital_sa_kondado)" title="Key West (kapital sa kondado) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Key West (kapital sa kondado)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West_(m%C4%9Bsto)" title="Key West (město) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Key West (město)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West,_Florida" title="Key West, Florida – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Key West, Florida" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dag mw-list-item"><a href="https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West" title="Key West – Dagbani" lang="dag" hreflang="dag" data-title="Key West" data-language-autonym="Dagbanli" data-language-local-name="Dagbani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dagbanli</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West" title="Key West – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Key West" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West" title="Key West – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Key West" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West" title="Key West – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Key West" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%B9_%CE%93%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%AD%CF%83%CF%84" title="Κι Γουέστ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κι Γουέστ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cayo_Hueso_(Florida)" title="Cayo Hueso (Florida) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Cayo Hueso (Florida)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West" title="Key West – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Key West" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West_(Florida)" title="Key West (Florida) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Key West (Florida)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C_%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%8C_%D9%81%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7" title="کی وست، فلوریدا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کی وست، فلوریدا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West" title="Key West – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Key West" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West,_Florida" title="Key West, Florida – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Key West, Florida" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%8A_%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA_(%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A4%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7)" title="کي وست (فلؤريدا) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="کي وست (فلؤريدا)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%82%A4%EC%9B%A8%EC%8A%A4%ED%8A%B8" title="키웨스트 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="키웨스트" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West,_Florida" title="Key West, Florida – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Key West, Florida" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8-%D0%A3%D1%8D%D1%81%D1%82" title="Ки-Уэст – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Ки-Уэст" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West" title="Key West – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Key West" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West" title="Key West – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Key West" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%99_%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%98" title="קי וסט – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="קי וסט" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%98-%E1%83%A3%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98_(%E1%83%A5%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%A5%E1%83%98)" title="კი-უესტი (ქალაქი) – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="კი-უესტი (ქალაქი)" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West,_Florida" title="Key West, Florida – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Key West, Florida" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West,_Florida" title="Key West, Florida – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Key West, Florida" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West,_Florid" title="Key West, Florid – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Key West, Florid" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West_(Florida)" title="Key West (Florida) – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Key West (Florida)" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BA%84%E0%BA%B5%E0%BA%95%E0%BA%B2%E0%BB%80%E0%BA%A7%E0%BA%B1%E0%BA%99%E0%BA%95%E0%BA%BB%E0%BA%81" title="ຄີຕາເວັນຕົກ – Lao" lang="lo" hreflang="lo" data-title="ຄີຕາເວັນຕົກ" data-language-autonym="ລາວ" data-language-local-name="Lao" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ລາວ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caio_Os" title="Caio Os – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Caio Os" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%ABvesta" title="Kīvesta – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Kīvesta" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West" title="Key West – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Key West" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ki_Vestas" title="Ki Vestas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Ki Vestas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West_(Florida)" title="Key West (Florida) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Key West (Florida)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West,_Florida" title="Key West, Florida – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Key West, Florida" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F" title="की वेस्ट – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="की वेस्ट" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%89_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA" title="كى ويست – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="كى ويست" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West" title="Key West – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Key West" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F,_%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BE" title="की वेस्ट, फ्लोरिडा – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="की वेस्ट, फ्लोरिडा" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88" title="キーウェスト – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="キーウェスト" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8-%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82" title="Ки-Вест – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Ки-Вест" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West" title="Key West – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Key West" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West" title="Key West – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Key West" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West" title="Key West – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Key West" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West" title="Key West – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Key West" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West_(Fl%C3%B3rida)" title="Key West (Flórida) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Key West (Flórida)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West" title="Key West – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Key West" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8-%D0%A3%D1%8D%D1%81%D1%82" title="Ки-Уэст – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Ки-Уэст" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West,_Florida" title="Key West, Florida – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Key West, Florida" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West" title="Key West – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Key West" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West,_Florida" title="Key West, Florida – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Key West, Florida" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8_%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82_(%D0%A4%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B0)" title="Ки Вест (Флорида) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Ки Вест (Флорида)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West,_Florida" title="Key West, Florida – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Key West, Florida" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West" title="Key West – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Key West" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West" title="Key West – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Key West" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8-%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82" title="Ки-Вест – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Ки-Вест" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B9%8C%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%8C_(%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%90%E0%B8%9F%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B2)" title="คีย์เวสต์ (รัฐฟลอริดา) – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="คีย์เวสต์ (รัฐฟลอริดา)" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West" title="Key West – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Key West" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%96-%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82" title="Кі-Вест – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Кі-Вест" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%B9%D8%8C_%D9%81%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%88%D8%A7" title="کی ویسٹ، فلوریڈا – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="کی ویسٹ، فلوریڈا" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West,_Florida" title="Key West, Florida – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Key West, Florida" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West" title="Key West – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="Key West" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Volapük</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West,_Florida" title="Key West, Florida – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Key West, Florida" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a 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style="width:272px;max-width:272px;border:none"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:270px;max-width:270px"><div style="height:152px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Key_west_2001.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Aerial view of Key West" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Key_west_2001.JPG/268px-Key_west_2001.JPG" decoding="async" width="268" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Key_west_2001.JPG/402px-Key_west_2001.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Key_west_2001.JPG/536px-Key_west_2001.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="911" /></a></span></div><div class="text-align-center">Aerial view of Key West (2001)</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:134px;max-width:134px"><div style="height:87px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Southernmost_point_buoy,_NE_view.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Southernmost point buoy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Southernmost_point_buoy%2C_NE_view.jpg/132px-Southernmost_point_buoy%2C_NE_view.jpg" decoding="async" width="132" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Southernmost_point_buoy%2C_NE_view.jpg/198px-Southernmost_point_buoy%2C_NE_view.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Southernmost_point_buoy%2C_NE_view.jpg/264px-Southernmost_point_buoy%2C_NE_view.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2666" /></a></span></div><div class="text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Southernmost_point_buoy" class="mw-redirect" title="Southernmost point buoy">Southernmost point buoy</a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:134px;max-width:134px"><div style="height:87px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hemingwayhouse.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Ernest Hemingway House" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Hemingwayhouse.jpg/250px-Hemingwayhouse.jpg" decoding="async" width="132" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Hemingwayhouse.jpg/330px-Hemingwayhouse.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1360" /></a></span></div><div class="text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway_House" title="Ernest Hemingway House">Ernest Hemingway House</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:103px;max-width:103px"><div style="height:122px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Key_West_Lighthouse_-_Florida.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Key West Lighthouse" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Key_West_Lighthouse_-_Florida.jpg/101px-Key_West_Lighthouse_-_Florida.jpg" decoding="async" width="101" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Key_West_Lighthouse_-_Florida.jpg/152px-Key_West_Lighthouse_-_Florida.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Key_West_Lighthouse_-_Florida.jpg/202px-Key_West_Lighthouse_-_Florida.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2486" data-file-height="3014" /></a></span></div><div class="text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Key_West_Lighthouse" title="Key West Lighthouse">Key West Lighthouse</a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:165px;max-width:165px"><div style="height:122px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Key_West_FL_Fort_Zachary_Taylor05.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Fort Zachary Taylor" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Key_West_FL_Fort_Zachary_Taylor05.jpg/250px-Key_West_FL_Fort_Zachary_Taylor05.jpg" decoding="async" width="163" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Key_West_FL_Fort_Zachary_Taylor05.jpg/330px-Key_West_FL_Fort_Zachary_Taylor05.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div><div class="text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Fort_Zachary_Taylor" title="Fort Zachary Taylor">Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:270px;max-width:270px"><div style="height:201px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Duval_Street.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Duval Street" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Duval_Street.jpg/268px-Duval_Street.jpg" decoding="async" width="268" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Duval_Street.jpg/402px-Duval_Street.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Duval_Street.jpg/536px-Duval_Street.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></div><div class="text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Duval_Street" title="Duval Street">Duval Street</a> with St. Paul's Episcopal Church (2004)</div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Key_West,_Florida.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Key West, Florida"><img alt="Flag of Key West, Florida" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Key_West%2C_Florida.svg/100px-Flag_of_Key_West%2C_Florida.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Key_West%2C_Florida.svg/150px-Flag_of_Key_West%2C_Florida.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Key_West%2C_Florida.svg/200px-Flag_of_Key_West%2C_Florida.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="307" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_Of_The_City_Of_Key_West,_Florida.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Key West, Florida"><img alt="Official seal of Key West, Florida" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Seal_Of_The_City_Of_Key_West%2C_Florida.png/100px-Seal_Of_The_City_Of_Key_West%2C_Florida.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Seal_Of_The_City_Of_Key_West%2C_Florida.png/150px-Seal_Of_The_City_Of_Key_West%2C_Florida.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Seal_Of_The_City_Of_Key_West%2C_Florida.png/200px-Seal_Of_The_City_Of_Key_West%2C_Florida.png 2x" data-file-width="984" data-file-height="985" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Nickname(s): <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">"<a href="/wiki/The_Conch_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="The Conch Republic">The Conch Republic</a>" <br />"Southernmost City in the Continental United States"</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Motto: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname"><i>One Human Family</i></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Image-Key-west-map.gif/375px-Image-Key-west-map.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Image-Key-west-map.gif/500px-Image-Key-west-map.gif 2x" data-file-width="575" data-file-height="425" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">U.S. Census Bureau map showing city limits</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="switcher-container"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USA_Florida_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Key West is located in Florida"><img alt="Key West is located in Florida" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/USA_Florida_location_map.svg/250px-USA_Florida_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="242" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/USA_Florida_location_map.svg/375px-USA_Florida_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/USA_Florida_location_map.svg/500px-USA_Florida_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1132" data-file-height="1096" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:96.304%;left:75.38%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Key West"><img alt="Key West" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div>Key West</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location of Key West in Florida</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Florida</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738" /><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Usa_edcp_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Key West is located in the United States"><img alt="Key West is located in the United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Usa_edcp_location_map.svg/250px-Usa_edcp_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Usa_edcp_location_map.svg/500px-Usa_edcp_location_map.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="731" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:95.333%;left:78.4%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Key West"><img alt="Key West" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div>Key West</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Key West (the United States)</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of the United States</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818" /><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Key_West&params=24_33_18_N_81_46_55_W_type:city(26444)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">24°33′18″N</span> <span class="longitude">81°46′55″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">24.55500°N 81.78194°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">24.55500; -81.78194</span></span></span></a></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-GR1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Florida.svg/35px-Flag_of_Florida.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Florida.svg/45px-Flag_of_Florida.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="200" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="Counties of Florida">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Monroe_County,_Florida" title="Monroe County, Florida">Monroe</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Council%E2%80%93manager_government" title="Council–manager government">Commission–Manager</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Key_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayor of Key West">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Danise_%22Dee_Dee%22_Henriquez&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Danise "Dee Dee" Henriquez (page does not exist)">Danise "Dee Dee" Henriquez</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/City_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="City Council">Commissioners</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Weekley" class="mw-redirect" title="Jimmy Weekley">Jimmy Weekley</a>, <br />Lissette Carey, <br />Samuel Kaufman, <br />Mary Lou Hoover, <br />Billy Wardlow, and <br />Clayton Lopez</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/City_Manager" class="mw-redirect" title="City Manager">City Manager</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Albert Childress</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/City_Clerk" class="mw-redirect" title="City Clerk">City Clerk</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Keri O'Brien</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/City_Attorney" class="mw-redirect" title="City Attorney">City Attorney</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Ronald J. Ramsingh</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-CenPopGazetteer2022_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CenPopGazetteer2022-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">7.21 sq mi (18.67 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">5.60 sq mi (14.50 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">1.61 sq mi (4.17 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">5 ft (2 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-Census_2020_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_2020-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">26,444</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">4,722.99/sq mi (1,823.44/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">Eastern (EST)</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%924" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−4">UTC−4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ZIP_Code" title="ZIP Code">ZIP Codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">33040, 33041, 33045</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_codes_305,_786,_and_645" title="Area codes 305, 786, and 645">305, 786, and 645</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Information Processing Standard">FIPS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">12-36550<sup id="cite_ref-GR2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_Names_Information_System" title="Geographic Names Information System">GNIS</a> feature ID</th><td class="infobox-data">0294048<sup id="cite_ref-GR3_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR3-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cityofkeywest-fl.gov">www<wbr />.cityofkeywest-fl<wbr />.gov</a></span></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Key West</b> is an island in the <a href="/wiki/Straits_of_Florida" title="Straits of Florida">Straits of Florida</a>, at the southern end of the U.S. state of Florida. Together with all or parts of the separate islands of <a href="/wiki/Sigsbee_Park" title="Sigsbee Park">Dredgers Key</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fleming_Key" title="Fleming Key">Fleming Key</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sunset_Key" title="Sunset Key">Sunset Key</a>, and the northern part of <a href="/wiki/Stock_Island,_Florida" title="Stock Island, Florida">Stock Island</a>, it constitutes the <b>City of Key West</b>. </p><p>The island of Key West is about 4 miles (6 kilometers) long and 1 mile (2 km) wide, with a total land area of 4.2 square miles (11 km<sup>2</sup>).<sup id="cite_ref-IslandStats_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IslandStats-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Within Florida, it is 130 miles (210 km) southwest of Miami by air, about 165 miles (266 km) by road.<sup id="cite_ref-chkdist_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chkdist-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Key West is approximately 95 miles (153 km) north of <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a> at their closest points, and 106 miles (171 km) north-northeast of <a href="/wiki/Havana" title="Havana">Havana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AcmeMapper_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AcmeMapper-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NHS_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NHS-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city of Key West is the <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> of <a href="/wiki/Monroe_County,_Florida" title="Monroe County, Florida">Monroe County</a>, which includes a majority of the Florida Keys and part of the <a href="/wiki/Everglades" title="Everglades">Everglades</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GR6_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR6-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The total land area of the city is 5.6 square miles (14.5 km<sup>2</sup>).<sup id="cite_ref-CenPopGazetteer2016_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CenPopGazetteer2016-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The population within the city limits was 26,444 at the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Census_2020_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_2020-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The official city <a href="/wiki/Motto" title="Motto">motto</a> is "One Human Family". </p><p>Key West is the southernmost city in the <a href="/wiki/Contiguous_United_States" title="Contiguous United States">contiguous United States</a> and the westernmost island connected by highway in the <a href="/wiki/Florida_Keys" title="Florida Keys">Florida Keys</a>. <a href="/wiki/Duval_Street" title="Duval Street">Duval Street</a>, its main street, is 1.1 miles (1.8 km) in length in its 14-block-long crossing from the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico" title="Gulf of Mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a> to the Straits of Florida and the Atlantic Ocean. Key West is the southern terminus of <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_1" title="U.S. Route 1">U.S. Route 1</a> – the longest north–south road in the United States, as well as <a href="/wiki/Florida_State_Road_A1A" title="Florida State Road A1A">State Road A1A</a>, the <a href="/wiki/East_Coast_Greenway" title="East Coast Greenway">East Coast Greenway</a> and, before 1935, the <a href="/wiki/Florida_East_Coast_Railway" title="Florida East Coast Railway">Florida East Coast Railway</a>. Key West is a port of call for passenger <a href="/wiki/Cruise_ship" title="Cruise ship">cruise ships</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT122412_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT122412-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Key_West_International_Airport" title="Key West International Airport">Key West International Airport</a> provides airline service. <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Key_West" title="Naval Air Station Key West">Naval Air Station Key West</a> is an important year-round training site for <a href="/wiki/Naval_aviation" title="Naval aviation">naval aviation</a> due to the tropical weather, which is also the reason Key West was chosen as the site of President <a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman" title="Harry S. Truman">Harry S. Truman</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman_Little_White_House" title="Harry S. Truman Little White House">Winter White House</a>. The central business district is located along Duval Street and includes much of the northwestern corner of the island. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Key_West&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Key_West" title="History of Key West">History of Key West</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Precolonial_and_colonial_times">Precolonial and colonial times</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Key_West&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Precolonial and colonial times"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At various times before the 19th century, people who were related or subject to the <a href="/wiki/Calusa" title="Calusa">Calusa</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Tequesta" title="Tequesta">Tequesta</a> inhabited Key West. The last Native American residents of Key West were Calusa refugees who were taken to Cuba when Florida was transferred from Spain to Great Britain in 1763.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cayo_Hueso" class="extiw" title="es:Cayo Hueso">Cayo Hueso</a></i> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Spanish pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="es-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Spanish" title="Help:IPA/Spanish">[ˈkaʝo<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈweso]</a></span>) is the original Spanish name for the island of Key West. It literally means "bone cay", <i><a href="/wiki/Cay" title="Cay">cay</a></i> referring to a low island or reef. It is said that the island was littered with the remains (bones) of prior native inhabitants, who used the isle as a communal graveyard.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This island was the westernmost Key with a reliable supply of water.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Between 1763, when Great Britain took control of Florida from Spain, and 1821, when the United States took possession of Florida from Spain, there were few or no permanent inhabitants anywhere in the Florida Keys. Cubans and Bahamians regularly visited the Keys, the Cubans primarily to fish, while the Bahamians fished, caught turtles, cut hardwood timber, and salvaged wrecks. Smugglers and privateers also used the Keys for concealment. In 1766 the British governor of East Florida recommended that a post be set up on Key West to improve control of the area, but nothing came of it. During both the British and Spanish periods no nation exercised <i>de facto</i> control. The Bahamians apparently set up camps in the Keys that were occupied for months at a time, and there were rumors of permanent settlements in the Keys by 1806 or 1807, but the locations are not known. Fishermen from New England started visiting the Keys after the end of the <a href="/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a>, and may have briefly settled on <a href="/wiki/Key_Vaca" title="Key Vaca">Key Vaca</a> in 1818.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ownership_claims">Ownership claims</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Key_West&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Ownership claims"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1815, the <a href="/wiki/List_of_colonial_heads_of_Cuba" class="mw-redirect" title="List of colonial heads of Cuba">Spanish governor of Cuba</a> in Havana <a href="/wiki/Deed" title="Deed">deeded</a> the island of Key West to Juan Pablo Salas, an officer of the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Navy" title="Spanish Navy">Royal Spanish Navy Artillery</a> posted in <a href="/wiki/Saint_Augustine,_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Augustine, Florida">Saint Augustine, Florida</a>. After Florida was transferred to the United States in 1821, Salas was so eager to sell the island that he sold it twice – first for a sloop valued at $575 to a General <a href="/wiki/John_Geddes_(politician)" title="John Geddes (politician)">John Geddes</a>, a former governor of <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a>, and then to a U.S. businessman John W. Simonton, during a meeting in a Havana café on January 19, 1822, for the equivalent of $2,000 in pesos in 1821. Geddes tried in vain to secure his rights to the property before Simonton who, with the aid of some influential friends in Washington, was able to gain clear title to the island. Simonton had wide-ranging business interests in <a href="/wiki/Mobile,_Alabama" title="Mobile, Alabama">Mobile, Alabama</a>. He bought the island because a friend, John Whitehead, had drawn his attention to the opportunities presented by the island's strategic location. John Whitehead had been stranded in Key West after a <a href="/wiki/Shipwreck" title="Shipwreck">shipwreck</a> in 1819 and he had been impressed by the potential offered by the deep harbor of the island. The island was indeed considered the "<a href="/wiki/Gibraltar" title="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a> of the West" because of its strategic location on the 90-mile (140 km)–wide deep shipping lane, the <a href="/wiki/Straits_of_Florida" title="Straits of Florida">Straits of Florida</a>, between the Atlantic Ocean and the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico" title="Gulf of Mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a>. </p><p>On March 25, 1822, Lt. Commander <a href="/wiki/Matthew_C._Perry" title="Matthew C. Perry">Matthew C. Perry</a> sailed the schooner <a href="/wiki/USS_Shark_(1821)" title="USS Shark (1821)">USS <i>Shark</i></a> to Key West and planted the U.S. flag, claiming the Keys as United States property.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No protests were made over the American claim on Key West, so the Florida Keys became the <i>de facto</i> property of the United States. </p><p>After claiming the Florida Keys for the United States, Perry renamed <i>Cayo Hueso</i> (Key West) to Thompson's Island for <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Secretary of the Navy">Secretary of the Navy</a> <a href="/wiki/Smith_Thompson" title="Smith Thompson">Smith Thompson</a>, and the harbor Port Rodgers in honor of <a href="/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a> hero and President of the Navy Supervisors Board <a href="/wiki/John_Rodgers_(naval_officer,_War_of_1812)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Rodgers (naval officer, War of 1812)">John Rodgers</a>. In 1823, <a href="/wiki/Commodore_(United_States)" title="Commodore (United States)">Commodore</a> <a href="/wiki/David_Porter_(naval_officer)" title="David Porter (naval officer)">David Porter</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> <a href="/wiki/West_Indies" title="West Indies">West Indies</a> Anti-<a href="/wiki/Pirate" class="mw-redirect" title="Pirate">Pirate</a> Squadron took charge of Key West, which he ruled as military dictator under <a href="/wiki/Martial_law" title="Martial law">martial law</a>. The United States Navy gave Porter the mission of countering piracy and the slave trade in the Key West area. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_developers">First developers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Key_West&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: First developers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Soon after his purchase, John Simonton subdivided the island into plots and sold three undivided quarters of each plot to: </p> <ul><li>John Mountain and U.S. Consul John Warner, who quickly resold their quarter to Pardon C. Greene, who took up residence on the island. Greene is the only one of the four "founding fathers" to establish himself permanently on the island, where he became quite prominent as head of P.C. Greene and Company. He was a member of the city council<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and also served briefly as mayor. He died in 1838 at the age of 57.</li> <li>John Whitehead, his friend who had advised him to buy Key West.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> John Whitehead lived in Key West for only eight years. He became a partner in the firm of P.C. Greene and Company from 1824 to 1827. A lifelong bachelor, he left the island for good in 1832. He came back only once, during the <a href="/wiki/Civil_War_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil War (United States)">Civil War</a> in 1861, and died the next year.</li> <li>John Fleeming (nowadays spelled Fleming).<sup id="cite_ref-:1_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> John W.C. Fleeming was English-born and was active in mercantile business in Mobile, Alabama, where he befriended John Simonton. Fleeming spent only a few months in Key West in 1822 and left for Massachusetts, where he married. He returned to Key West in 1832 with the intention of developing salt manufacturing on the island but died the same year at the age of 51.</li></ul> <p>Simonton spent the winter in Key West and the summer in Washington, where he lobbied hard for the development of the island and to establish a naval base on the island, both to take advantage of the island's strategic location and to bring law and order to the town. He died in 1854. </p><p>The names of the four "founding fathers"<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of modern Key West were given to main arteries of the island when it was first platted in 1829 by <a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Adee_Whitehead&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William Adee Whitehead (page does not exist)">William Adee Whitehead</a>, John Whitehead's younger brother. That first plat and the names used remained mostly intact and are still in use today. Duval Street, the island's main street, is named after Florida's first territorial governor, <a href="/wiki/William_Pope_Duval" title="William Pope Duval">William Pope Duval</a>, who served between 1822 and 1834 as the longest-serving governor in Florida's U.S. history. </p><p>William Whitehead became chief editorial writer for the <i>Enquirer</i>, a local newspaper, in 1834. He preserved copies of his newspaper as well as copies from the <i>Key West Gazette</i>, its predecessor. He later sent those copies to the Monroe County clerk for preservation, which gives us a view of life in Key West in the early days (1820–1840). </p><p>In the 1830s, Key West was the richest city per capita in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1846, the city suffered severely from the <a href="/wiki/1846_Havana_hurricane" title="1846 Havana hurricane">1846 Havana hurricane</a>. </p><p>In 1852, the first Catholic Church, St. Mary's Star-Of-The-Sea, was built. The year 1864 became a landmark for the church in South Florida when five <a href="/wiki/Sisters_of_the_Holy_Names_of_Jesus_and_Mary" title="Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary">Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary</a> arrived from Montreal, Canada, and established the first Catholic school in South Florida. At the time it was called Convent of Mary Immaculate. The school is still operating today and is now known as Mary Immaculate Star of the Sea School. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Key_west_1856.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Key_west_1856.jpg/880px-Key_west_1856.jpg" decoding="async" width="880" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Key_west_1856.jpg/1320px-Key_west_1856.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Key_west_1856.jpg/1760px-Key_west_1856.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1765" data-file-height="400" /></a><figcaption>A panoramic view of Key West, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1856</span></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="American_Civil_War_and_late_19th_century">American Civil War and late 19th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Key_West&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: American Civil War and late 19th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Florida_-_Key_West_-_NARA_-_23936655_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Florida_-_Key_West_-_NARA_-_23936655_%28cropped%29.jpg/250px-Florida_-_Key_West_-_NARA_-_23936655_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Florida_-_Key_West_-_NARA_-_23936655_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Florida_-_Key_West_-_NARA_-_23936655_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Florida_-_Key_West_-_NARA_-_23936655_%28cropped%29.jpg/500px-Florida_-_Key_West_-_NARA_-_23936655_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3452" data-file-height="2605" /></a><figcaption>East Martello Tower</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fortzacharytaylor.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Fortzacharytaylor.jpg/220px-Fortzacharytaylor.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Fortzacharytaylor.jpg/330px-Fortzacharytaylor.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Fortzacharytaylor.jpg/440px-Fortzacharytaylor.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Fort_Zachary_Taylor_Historic_State_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park">Fort Zachary Taylor</a> in Key West, active during the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a>, contains the largest collection of Civil War <a href="/wiki/Cannon" title="Cannon">cannons</a> ever discovered at a single location.</figcaption></figure> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>, while Florida seceded and joined the <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate States of America</a>, Key West remained in U.S. Union hands because of the naval base. Most locals were sympathetic to the Confederacy, however, and many flew Confederate flags over their homes.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Key West was also home to a large free black population. This population grew during the war as more enslaved black people fled from their enslavers and came under the relative safety of the Union garrison there.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Fort_Zachary_Taylor" title="Fort Zachary Taylor">Fort Zachary Taylor</a>, constructed from 1845 to 1866, was an important Key West outpost during the Civil War. Construction began in 1861 on two other forts, East and West Martello Towers, which served as side armories and batteries for the larger fort. When completed, they were connected to Fort Taylor by railroad tracks for movement of munitions.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Early in 1864, 900 men from the 2nd United States Colored Troops (USCT) arrived in Key West as replacements for the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers. Many of these men would see action in southern Florida and the 2nd USCT would become "one of the most active" black regiments in Florida.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Dry_Tortugas_National_Park" title="Dry Tortugas National Park">Fort Jefferson</a>, located about 68 miles (109 km) from Key West on Garden Key in the <a href="/wiki/Dry_Tortugas" class="mw-redirect" title="Dry Tortugas">Dry Tortugas</a>, served after the Civil War as the prison for <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Mudd" title="Samuel Mudd">Samuel A. Mudd</a>, convicted of <a href="/wiki/Conspiracy_(crime)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conspiracy (crime)">conspiracy</a> for setting the broken leg of <a href="/wiki/John_Wilkes_Booth" title="John Wilkes Booth">John Wilkes Booth</a>, the assassin of President <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Abraham Lincoln</a>. </p><p>In the 19th century, major industries included <a href="/wiki/Wrecking_(shipwreck)" title="Wrecking (shipwreck)">wrecking</a>, <a href="/wiki/Commercial_fishing" title="Commercial fishing">fishing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Turtling_(hunting)" title="Turtling (hunting)">turtling</a>, and salt manufacturing.<sup id="cite_ref-Keith_Salt_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keith_Salt-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1830 to 1861, Key West was a major center of U.S. salt production, harvesting the commodity from the sea (via receding tidal pools) rather than from salt mines.<sup id="cite_ref-Keith_Salt_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keith_Salt-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the outbreak of the Civil War, Union troops shut down the salt industry after Confederate sympathizers smuggled the product into the South.<sup id="cite_ref-Keith_Salt_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keith_Salt-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Salt production resumed at the end of the war, but the industry was destroyed by an <a href="/wiki/1876_Atlantic_hurricane_season" title="1876 Atlantic hurricane season">1876 hurricane</a> and never recovered, in part because of new salt mines on the mainland.<sup id="cite_ref-Keith_Salt_26-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keith_Salt-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Ten_Years%27_War" title="Ten Years' War">Ten Years' War</a> (an unsuccessful Cuban war for independence in the 1860s and 1870s), many <a href="/wiki/Cubans" title="Cubans">Cubans</a> sought refuge in Key West. Several cigar factories relocated to the city from Cuba, and Key West quickly became a major producer of cigars. The <a href="/wiki/Great_Fire_of_Key_West" title="Great Fire of Key West">Great Fire of Key West</a>, on April 1, 1886, started at a coffee shop next to the <a href="/wiki/San_Carlos_Institute" title="San Carlos Institute">San Carlos Institute</a> and spread out of control, destroyed 18 cigar factories and 614 houses and government warehouses.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some factory owners chose not to rebuild and instead moved their operations to the new community of <a href="/wiki/Ybor_City" title="Ybor City">Ybor City</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tampa,_Florida" title="Tampa, Florida">Tampa</a>, leading to a slow decline in the cigar industry in Key West. Still, Key West remained the largest and wealthiest city in Florida at the end of the 1880s.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/USS_Maine_(1889)" title="USS Maine (1889)">USS <i>Maine</i></a> sailed from Key West on her fateful visit to Havana, where she blew up and sank in <a href="/wiki/Havana_Harbor" title="Havana Harbor">Havana Harbor</a>, igniting the <a href="/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War" title="Spanish–American War">Spanish–American War</a>. Crewmen from the ship are buried in Key West, and the Navy investigation into the blast occurred at the Key West Customs House. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="20th_century">20th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Key_West&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 20th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Florida_-_Key_West_-_NARA_-_23936665_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Florida_-_Key_West_-_NARA_-_23936665_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Florida_-_Key_West_-_NARA_-_23936665_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Florida_-_Key_West_-_NARA_-_23936665_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Florida_-_Key_West_-_NARA_-_23936665_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Florida_-_Key_West_-_NARA_-_23936665_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Florida_-_Key_West_-_NARA_-_23936665_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3390" data-file-height="2643" /></a><figcaption>The railway yard and station on Trumbo Point in Key West, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1930</span></figcaption></figure> <p>In October 1909, Key West was devastated by the <a href="/wiki/1909_Florida_Keys_hurricane" title="1909 Florida Keys hurricane">1909 Florida Keys hurricane</a>. Further damage was suffered the following year in the <a href="/wiki/1910_Cuba_hurricane" title="1910 Cuba hurricane">1910 Cuba hurricane</a>. </p><p>Key West was relatively isolated until 1912, when it was connected to the Florida mainland via the <a href="/wiki/Overseas_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Overseas Railway">Overseas Railway</a> extension of <a href="/wiki/Henry_Morrison_Flagler" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Morrison Flagler">Henry M. Flagler</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Florida_East_Coast_Railway" title="Florida East Coast Railway">Florida East Coast Railway</a> (FEC). Flagler created a landfill at <a href="/wiki/Trumbo_Point" title="Trumbo Point">Trumbo Point</a> for his railyards. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/1919_Florida_Keys_hurricane" title="1919 Florida Keys hurricane">1919 Florida Keys hurricane</a> caused catastrophic damage to the area. </p><p>On December 25, 1921, <a href="/wiki/Lynching_of_Manuel_Cabeza" title="Lynching of Manuel Cabeza">Manuel Cabeza was lynched</a> by members of the <a href="/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan" title="Ku Klux Klan">Ku Klux Klan</a> for living with a black woman.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENewton201664_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENewton201664-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Pan_American_Airlines" class="mw-redirect" title="Pan American Airlines">Pan American Airlines</a> was founded in Key West, originally to fly visitors to Havana, in 1926. The airline contracted with the United States Postal Service in 1927 to deliver mail to and from Cuba and the United States. The mail route was known as the <i>Key West, Florida – Havana Mail Route</i>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Labor_Day_Hurricane_of_1935" class="mw-redirect" title="Labor Day Hurricane of 1935">Labor Day Hurricane of 1935</a> destroyed much of the Overseas Railway and killed hundreds of residents, including around 400 <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> veterans who were living in camps and working on federal road and mosquito-control projects in the Middle Keys. The FEC could not afford to restore the railroad. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States" title="Federal government of the United States">U.S. government</a> then rebuilt the rail route as an automobile highway, completed in 1938, built atop many of the footings of the railroad. It became an extension of <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_1_in_Florida" title="U.S. Route 1 in Florida">U.S. Route 1</a>. The portion of U.S. 1 through the Keys is called the <a href="/wiki/Overseas_Highway" title="Overseas Highway">Overseas Highway</a>. <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Roosevelt" class="mw-redirect" title="Franklin Roosevelt">Franklin Roosevelt</a> toured the road in 1939. </p><p>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, more than 14,000 ships came through the island's harbor. The population, because of an influx of soldiers, sailors, laborers, and tourists, sometimes doubled or even tripled at times during the war.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Starting in 1946, US President <a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman" title="Harry S. Truman">Harry S. Truman</a> established a working vacation home in Key West, the <a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman_Little_White_House" title="Harry S. Truman Little White House">Harry S. Truman Little White House</a>, where he would spend 175 days of his presidency. </p><p>In 1948, Key West suffered damage from two hurricanes within as many months, from the <a href="/wiki/September_1948_Florida_hurricane" title="September 1948 Florida hurricane">September 1948 Florida hurricane</a> then the <a href="/wiki/1948_Miami_hurricane" title="1948 Miami hurricane">1948 Miami hurricane</a>. </p><p>Prior to the <a href="/wiki/Cuban_revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuban revolution">Cuban revolution</a> of 1959, there were regular ferry and airplane services between Key West and Havana. </p><p><a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a> was to use "90 miles from Cuba" extensively in his speeches against <a href="/wiki/Fidel_Castro" title="Fidel Castro">Fidel Castro</a>. Kennedy himself visited Key West a month after the resolution of the <a href="/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis" title="Cuban Missile Crisis">Cuban Missile Crisis</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hurricane_Georges_center_over_Key_West_September_25,_1998.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Hurricane_Georges_center_over_Key_West_September_25%2C_1998.png/250px-Hurricane_Georges_center_over_Key_West_September_25%2C_1998.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="196" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Hurricane_Georges_center_over_Key_West_September_25%2C_1998.png/330px-Hurricane_Georges_center_over_Key_West_September_25%2C_1998.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Hurricane_Georges_center_over_Key_West_September_25%2C_1998.png 2x" data-file-width="389" data-file-height="346" /></a><figcaption>The center of Hurricane Georges passes over Key West on September 25, 1998.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1982, the city of Key West briefly asserted independence as the <a href="/wiki/Conch_Republic" title="Conch Republic">Conch Republic</a> as a protest over a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Border_Patrol" title="United States Border Patrol">United States Border Patrol</a> <a href="/wiki/Blockade" title="Blockade">blockade</a>. This blockade was set up on <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_1_in_Florida" title="U.S. Route 1 in Florida">US 1</a>, where the northern end of the Overseas Highway meets the mainland at <a href="/wiki/Florida_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida City">Florida City</a>. A traffic jam of 17 miles (27 km) ensued while the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Border_Patrol" title="United States Border Patrol">Border Patrol</a> stopped every car leaving the Keys, supposedly searching for illegal immigrants attempting to enter the mainland United States. This paralyzed the Florida Keys, which rely heavily on the tourism industry. Flags, T-shirts and other merchandise representing the Conch Republic are still popular souvenirs for visitors to Key West, and the Conch Republic Independence Celebration—including parades and parties—is celebrated annually, on April 23. </p><p>In 1998, <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Georges" title="Hurricane Georges">Hurricane Georges</a> damaged the city. </p><p>In 2017, <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Irma" title="Hurricane Irma">Hurricane Irma</a> caused <a href="/wiki/Effects_of_Hurricane_Irma_in_Florida#Florida_Keys" title="Effects of Hurricane Irma in Florida">substantial damage</a> with wind and flooding, killing three people. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Key_West&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><style 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table role="presentation" style="width:100%; margin:0; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sunset_Key" title="Sunset Key">Sunset Key</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wisteria_Island" title="Wisteria Island">Wisteria Island</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico" title="Gulf of Mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fleming_Key" title="Fleming Key">Fleming Key</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sigsbee_Park" title="Sigsbee Park">Sigsbee Park</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stock_Island,_Florida" title="Stock Island, Florida">North Stock Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Key_Haven" class="mw-redirect" title="Key Haven">Key Haven</a></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="North"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/14px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/21px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/28px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></td> <td></td> </tr><tr> <td style="width:33%"><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico" title="Gulf of Mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marquesas_Keys" title="Marquesas Keys">Marquesas Keys</a></td> <td style="width:33%;"> <div style="white-space:nowrap;"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span title="West"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/17px-Pfeil_links.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/25px-Pfeil_links.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/34px-Pfeil_links.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="500" /></span></span><b style="display:inline-block; vertical-align:middle; margin:0.75em 1em">Key West</b><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span title="East"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/17px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/25px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/34px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td style="width:33%"><a href="/wiki/Stock_Island,_Florida" title="Stock Island, Florida">Stock Island</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Cow_Key&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cow Key (page does not exist)">Cow Key</a></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="South"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/14px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/21px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/28px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></td> <td></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico" title="Gulf of Mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a>, Sand Key</td> <td>Atlantic Ocean</td> <td>Atlantic Ocean</td> </tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>Key West is an island located at <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818" /><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Key_West&params=24.565176_N_81.775794_W_type:city_dim:100000_region:US"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">24°33′55″N</span> <span class="longitude">81°46′33″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">24.565176°N 81.775794°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">24.565176; -81.775794</span></span></span></a></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-GR1_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the <a href="/wiki/Straits_of_Florida" title="Straits of Florida">Straits of Florida</a>. The island is about 4 miles (6 km) long and 1 mile (2 km) wide, with a total land area of 4.2 square miles (10.9 km<sup>2</sup>; 2,688.0 acres).<sup id="cite_ref-IslandStats_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IslandStats-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The average elevation above sea level is about 8 feet (2.4 m) and the maximum elevation is about 18 feet (5.5 m), within a 1-acre (0-hectare) area known as <a href="/wiki/Solares_Hill" title="Solares Hill">Solares Hill</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city of Key West is the southernmost city in the <a href="/wiki/Contiguous_United_States" title="Contiguous United States">contiguous United States</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-IslandStats_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IslandStats-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the island is the westernmost island connected by highway in the <a href="/wiki/Florida_Keys" title="Florida Keys">Florida Keys</a>. The city boundaries include the island of Key West and several nearby islands, as well as the section of <a href="/wiki/Stock_Island,_Florida" title="Stock Island, Florida">Stock Island</a> north of <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_1_in_Florida" title="U.S. Route 1 in Florida">U.S. Route 1</a>, on the adjacent key to the east. The total land area of the city is 5.6 square miles (15 km<sup>2</sup>), with an additional 1.6 square miles (4.1 km<sup>2</sup>) of surrounding water within the city limits.<sup id="cite_ref-CenPopGazetteer2022_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CenPopGazetteer2022-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Sigsbee_Park" title="Sigsbee Park">Sigsbee Park</a>—originally known as Dredgers Key—and <a href="/wiki/Fleming_Key" title="Fleming Key">Fleming Key</a>, both located to the north, and <a href="/wiki/Sunset_Key" title="Sunset Key">Sunset Key</a> located to the west are all included in the city boundaries. Both Fleming Key and Sigsbee Park are part of <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Key_West" title="Naval Air Station Key West">Naval Air Station Key West</a> and are inaccessible to the general public. </p><p>In the late 1950s, many of the large <a href="/wiki/Salt_evaporation_pond" title="Salt evaporation pond">salt ponds</a> on the eastern side of the island were filled in. The new section on the eastern side is called New Town, which contains shopping centers, retail malls, residential areas, schools, <a href="/wiki/Baseball_park" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball park">ball parks</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Key_West_International_Airport" title="Key West International Airport">Key West International Airport</a>. </p><p>Key West and most of the rest of the Florida Keys are on the dividing line between the Atlantic Ocean and the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico" title="Gulf of Mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a>. The two bodies have different currents, with the calmer and warmer Gulf of Mexico being characterized by great clumps of <a href="/wiki/Seagrass" title="Seagrass">seagrass</a>. The shallow passage known as <a href="/wiki/Hawk_Channel" title="Hawk Channel">Hawk Channel</a> lies directly south of the island and is conducive to the exchange of Gulf waters to the Atlantic via tidal currents.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The area where the two bodies merge between Key West and Cuba is called the Straits of Florida. The warmest ocean waters anywhere on the United States mainland are found in the Florida Keys in winter, with sea surface temperatures averaging in the 75–77 °F (24–25 °C) range in December through February. </p><p>Duval Street is the main street in Key West and is 1.1 miles (1.8 km) in length in its 14-block-long crossing from the Gulf of Mexico to the Straits of Florida and the Atlantic Ocean. </p><p>Key West is closer to <a href="/wiki/Havana" title="Havana">Havana</a> (about 106 miles or 171 kilometers by air or sea)<sup id="cite_ref-AcmeMapper_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AcmeMapper-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> than it is to Miami (130 miles or 210 kilometers by air or 165 miles or 266 kilometers by road).<sup id="cite_ref-chkdist_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chkdist-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Key West is the usual endpoint for <a href="/wiki/Marathon_swimming" title="Marathon swimming">marathon swims</a> from Cuba, including <a href="/wiki/Diana_Nyad" title="Diana Nyad">Diana Nyad</a>'s 2013 swim<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Susie_Maroney" title="Susie Maroney">Susie Maroney</a>'s 1997 swim from within a shark cage.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_places">Notable places</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Key_West&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notable places"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Old_Town">Old Town</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Key_West&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Old Town"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1034237262">.mw-parser-output .stack{box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .stack>div{margin:1px;overflow:hidden}@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-left{float:left;clear:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-right{float:right;clear:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-left{float:left;clear:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-right{float:right;clear:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-left{float:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-right{float:right;margin-left:1em}}</style><div class="stack mw-stack stack-right"><div><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Key_West_2008_(2338775214)_b.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Key_West_2008_%282338775214%29_b.jpg/250px-Key_West_2008_%282338775214%29_b.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Key_West_2008_%282338775214%29_b.jpg/330px-Key_West_2008_%282338775214%29_b.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Key_West_2008_%282338775214%29_b.jpg/500px-Key_West_2008_%282338775214%29_b.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1827" /></a><figcaption>St. Paul's Episcopal Church</figcaption></figure></div></div> <p>The earliest Key West neighborhoods, on the western part of the island, are broadly known as <a href="/wiki/Old_Town_(Key_West)" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Town (Key West)">Old Town</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Key_West_Historic_District" title="Key West Historic District">Key West Historic District</a> includes the major tourist destinations of the island, including <a href="/wiki/Mallory_Square" title="Mallory Square">Mallory Square</a>, Duval Street, the <a href="/wiki/Truman_Annex" title="Truman Annex">Truman Annex</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Fort_Zachary_Taylor" title="Fort Zachary Taylor">Fort Zachary Taylor</a>. Old Town is where the classic bungalows and guest mansions are found. <a href="/wiki/Bahama_Village" class="mw-redirect" title="Bahama Village">Bahama Village</a>, southwest of Whitehead Street, features houses, churches, and sites related to its <a href="/wiki/Afro-Bahamian" class="mw-redirect" title="Afro-Bahamian">Afro-Bahamian</a> history. <a href="/wiki/The_Meadows_(Key_West)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Meadows (Key West)">The Meadows</a>, lying northeast of the <a href="/wiki/White_Street_Gallery_District" class="mw-redirect" title="White Street Gallery District">White Street Gallery District</a>, is exclusively residential.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Many of the structures in Old Town date from 1886 to 1912. The basic features that distinguish the local architecture include wood-frame construction of one- to two-and-a-half-story structures set on foundation piers about three feet (one meter) above the ground. Exterior characteristics of the buildings are peaked metal roofs, horizontal wood siding, <a href="/wiki/Gingerbread_trim" class="mw-redirect" title="Gingerbread trim">gingerbread trim</a>, pastel shades of paint, side-hinged louvered shutters, covered porches (or balconies, galleries, or verandas) along the fronts of the structures, and wood lattice screens covering the area elevated by the piers.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Some antebellum structures survive, including the Oldest (or Cussans-Watlington) House (1829–1836)<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the John Huling Geiger House (1846–1849), now preserved as the <a href="/wiki/Audubon_House_and_Tropical_Gardens" title="Audubon House and Tropical Gardens">Audubon House and Tropical Gardens</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fortifications such as <a href="/wiki/Fort_Zachary_Taylor_Historic_State_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park">Fort Zachary Taylor</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the East Martello Tower,<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/West_Martello_Tower" title="West Martello Tower">West Martello Tower</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> helped ensure that Key West would remain in Union control throughout the Civil War. Another landmark built by the federal government is the <a href="/wiki/Key_West_Lighthouse" title="Key West Lighthouse">Key West Lighthouse</a>, now a museum.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Two of the most notable buildings in <a href="/wiki/Old_Town_(Key_West)" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Town (Key West)">Old Town</a>, occupied by prominent 20th-century residents, are the <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway_House" title="Ernest Hemingway House">Ernest Hemingway House</a>, where the writer lived from 1931 to 1939, and the <a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman_Little_White_House" title="Harry S. Truman Little White House">Harry S. Truman Little White House</a>, where the president spent 175 days of his time in office.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, the residences of some historical Key West families are recognized on the <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places">National Register of Historic Places</a> as important landmarks of history and culture, including the <a href="/wiki/Dr._Joseph_Y._Porter_House" title="Dr. Joseph Y. Porter House">Porter House</a> on <a href="/wiki/Caroline_Street_(Key_West)" title="Caroline Street (Key West)">Caroline Street</a><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Eduardo_H._Gato_House" title="Eduardo H. Gato House">Gato House</a> on Virginia Street.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several historical residences of the Curry family remain extant, including the Benjamin Curry House, built by the brother of Florida's first millionaire, William Curry,<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as the <a href="/wiki/Southernmost_House" title="Southernmost House">Southernmost House</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Fogarty_Mansion_(Fogarty_House)" title="Fogarty Mansion (Fogarty House)">Fogarty Mansion</a>, built by the children of William Curry—his daughter Florida and son Charles, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1034237262" /><div class="stack mw-stack stack-right"><div><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Keywestcemetery.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Keywestcemetery.jpg/220px-Keywestcemetery.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Keywestcemetery.jpg/330px-Keywestcemetery.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Keywestcemetery.jpg/440px-Keywestcemetery.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Key_West_Cemetery" title="Key West Cemetery">Key West Cemetery</a> near <a href="/wiki/Solares_Hill" title="Solares Hill">Solares Hill</a>, the highest point of land on the island.</figcaption></figure></div></div> <p>In addition to architecture, <a href="/wiki/Old_Town_(Key_West)" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Town (Key West)">Old Town</a> includes the <a href="/wiki/Key_West_Cemetery" title="Key West Cemetery">Key West Cemetery</a>, founded in 1847,<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> containing above-ground tombs, notable epitaphs, and a plot where some of the dead from the 1898 explosion of <a href="/wiki/USS_Maine_(1889)" title="USS Maine (1889)">USS <i>Maine</i></a> are buried.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Casa_Marina">Casa Marina</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Key_West&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Casa Marina"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Casa Marina area takes its name from the Casa Marina Hotel, opened in 1921,<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the neighborhood's most conspicuous landmark. The Reynolds Street Pier, Higgs Beach,<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/West_Martello_Tower" title="West Martello Tower">West Martello Tower</a>, the White Street Pier, and Rest Beach line the waterfront.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Southernmost_point_in_the_United_States">Southernmost point in the United States</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Key_West&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Southernmost point in the United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_extreme_points_of_the_United_States" title="List of extreme points of the United States">List of extreme points of the United States</a></div> <p>One of the most popular attractions on the island is a concrete replica of a <a href="/wiki/Buoy" title="Buoy">buoy</a> at the corner of South and Whitehead Streets that claims to be the <a href="/wiki/Southernmost_point_buoy" class="mw-redirect" title="Southernmost point buoy">southernmost point</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Contiguous_United_States" title="Contiguous United States">contiguous United States</a>. The point was originally marked with a basic sign. The city of Key West erected the current monument in 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The monument was repainted after damage by <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Irma" title="Hurricane Irma">Hurricane Irma</a> in 2017, and is the most often photographed tourist site in the Florida Keys.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1034237262" /><div class="stack mw-stack stack-right"><div><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Southernmost_point_buoy,_NE_view.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Southernmost_point_buoy%2C_NE_view.jpg/220px-Southernmost_point_buoy%2C_NE_view.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Southernmost_point_buoy%2C_NE_view.jpg/330px-Southernmost_point_buoy%2C_NE_view.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Southernmost_point_buoy%2C_NE_view.jpg/440px-Southernmost_point_buoy%2C_NE_view.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2666" /></a><figcaption>Southernmost point monument in Key West</figcaption></figure></div></div> <p>Although the monument is labeled "Southernmost point continental U.S.A.", the actual southernmost point of Key West is Whitehead Spit, which is on the <a href="/wiki/Truman_Annex" title="Truman Annex">Truman Annex</a> property just west of the buoy. The spit has no marker since it is on <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">U.S. Navy</a> land that cannot be entered by civilian tourists. The private property directly to the east of the buoy, and the beach areas of Truman Annex and <a href="/wiki/Fort_Zachary_Taylor_Historic_State_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park">Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park</a>, also lie farther south than the buoy. The southernmost point of the contiguous United States is <a href="/wiki/Ballast_Key" title="Ballast Key">Ballast Key</a>, a privately owned island just south and west of Key West. The southernmost location that the public can visit is the beach at Fort Zachary Taylor park. </p><p>The monument states "90 Miles to <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a>", although Key West and Cuba are actually about 95 statute miles (153 kilometers; 83 nautical miles) apart at their closest points.<sup id="cite_ref-AcmeMapper_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AcmeMapper-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NHS_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NHS-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Note that the distance from the monument to <a href="/wiki/Havana" title="Havana">Havana</a> is, however, about 90 nautical miles (104 statute miles; 167 kilometers).<sup id="cite_ref-AcmeMapper_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AcmeMapper-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Key_West_Library">Key West Library</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Key_West&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Key West Library"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first public library was officially established in 1853, which was housed in the then-Masonic Temple on Simonston Street, near where the federal courthouse is today. At the time, the first library president was James Lock, with the librarian being William Delaney. At the time, the library collected held 1,200 volumes for residents to access.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 1919, a hurricane destroyed the library. Key West residents moved the library to various locations across the island. The county took over and finally found a permanent location. The library's new location was found in 1959. It was built on Fleming Street, where it is still found today.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id=""Spoonbill""><span id=".22Spoonbill.22"></span>"Spoonbill"</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Key_West&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: "Spoonbill""><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1961, the Monroe County Library System sponsored a bookmobile, "Spoonbill", to service the entire Keys.<sup id="cite_ref-LitRolls_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LitRolls-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1962, "Spoonbill" was making stops in ten different Keys, over one hundred miles (160 km), from Key Largo in the North to Key West in the South.<sup id="cite_ref-LitRolls_54-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LitRolls-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mrs. Barbara Banning was the driver-librarian, driving over 25,000 miles (40,000 km) in the first year and a half, circulating more than 28,000 titles.<sup id="cite_ref-LitRolls_54-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LitRolls-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On Mondays, the "Spoonbill" would be loaded with books in Key West and Banning and her assistant, or volunteer, would drive up to Key Largo, Tavernier, and Islamorada, stopping for an hour in each location; Wednesdays the "Spoonbill" made stops in Marathon, Big Pine, Little Torch, and Summerland.<sup id="cite_ref-LitRolls_54-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LitRolls-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On Thursdays, the "Spoonbill" would only travel twenty miles (32 km) from home base, making stops in Bay Point, Big Coppitt, and Gulf Rest. At Bay Point there was a popular children's story hour, servicing roughly three hundred school-age children and led by former kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Ernest Hense.<sup id="cite_ref-LitRolls_54-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LitRolls-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Collection">Collection</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Key_West&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Collection"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Key_West_Library" title="Key West Library">Key West Library</a> has a collection of 70,000 items, including a letter from singer-songwriter <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Buffett" title="Jimmy Buffett">Jimmy Buffett</a>. Dated from October 22, 1984, the letter expresses gratitude for the library in giving inspiration for the songs he would eventually write, and for the <a href="/wiki/Air_conditioning" title="Air conditioning">air conditioning</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2022, the Key West Library is a part of the <a href="/wiki/Monroe_County_Public_Library_(Florida_Keys)" title="Monroe County Public Library (Florida Keys)">Monroe County Public Library System</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_residences">Notable residences</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Key_West&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Notable residences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Little_White_House">Little White House</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Key_West&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Little White House"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman_Little_White_House" title="Harry S. Truman Little White House">Harry S. Truman Little White House</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Key_West_FL_HD_Little_White_House04.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Key_West_FL_HD_Little_White_House04.jpg/250px-Key_West_FL_HD_Little_White_House04.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Key_West_FL_HD_Little_White_House04.jpg/330px-Key_West_FL_HD_Little_White_House04.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Key_West_FL_HD_Little_White_House04.jpg/500px-Key_West_FL_HD_Little_White_House04.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3199" data-file-height="2091" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman_Little_White_House" title="Harry S. Truman Little White House">Little White House</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Several U.S. presidents have visited Key West with the first being <a href="/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant" title="Ulysses S. Grant">Ulysses S. Grant</a> in 1880, followed by <a href="/wiki/Grover_Cleveland" title="Grover Cleveland">Grover Cleveland</a> in 1889, and <a href="/wiki/William_Howard_Taft" title="William Howard Taft">William Howard Taft</a> in 1912.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Taft was the first president to use the first officer's quarters that would later be known as the Little White House.<sup id="cite_ref-tlwh_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tlwh-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a> visited the Florida Keys many times, beginning in 1917.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_57-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman" title="Harry S. Truman">Harry S. Truman</a> visited Key West for a total of 175 days on 11 visits during his presidency and visited five times after he left office. His first visit was in 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-tlwh2_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tlwh2-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman_Little_White_House" title="Harry S. Truman Little White House">Little White House</a> and <a href="/wiki/Truman_Annex" title="Truman Annex">Truman Annex</a> take their names from his frequent and well-documented visits. The residence is also known as the Winter White House as Truman stayed there mostly in the winter months, and used it for official business such as the <a href="/wiki/Truman_Doctrine" title="Truman Doctrine">Truman Doctrine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-tlwh3_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tlwh3-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a> stayed at the Little White House following a heart attack in 1955.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_57-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a> visited Key West in March 1961, and in November 1962, a month after the resolution of the <a href="/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis" title="Cuban Missile Crisis">Cuban Missile Crisis</a>. <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> visited the Little White House twice with his family after he had left office, in 1996 and 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-tlwh2_59-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tlwh2-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Ernest_Hemingway_house">Ernest Hemingway house</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Key_West&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Ernest Hemingway house"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway_House" title="Ernest Hemingway House">Ernest Hemingway House</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hemingway_House_Key_West_FL1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Hemingway_House_Key_West_FL1.jpg/250px-Hemingway_House_Key_West_FL1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Hemingway_House_Key_West_FL1.jpg/330px-Hemingway_House_Key_West_FL1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Hemingway_House_Key_West_FL1.jpg/500px-Hemingway_House_Key_West_FL1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5186" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway_House" title="Ernest Hemingway House">Ernest Hemingway House</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Legend has it that <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway" title="Ernest Hemingway">Ernest Hemingway</a> wrote part of <i><a href="/wiki/A_Farewell_to_Arms" title="A Farewell to Arms">A Farewell to Arms</a></i> while living above the showroom of a Key West <a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> <a href="/wiki/Car_dealership" title="Car dealership">dealership</a> at 314 Simonton Street<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while awaiting delivery of a <a href="/wiki/Ford_Model_A_(1927)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ford Model A (1927)">Ford Model A</a> <a href="/wiki/Roadster_(automobile)" class="mw-redirect" title="Roadster (automobile)">roadster</a> purchased by the uncle of his wife <a href="/wiki/Pauline_Pfeiffer" title="Pauline Pfeiffer">Pauline</a> in 1928.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hardware store owner Charles Thompson introduced him to deep-sea fishing. Among the group who went fishing was Joe Russell (also known as <a href="/wiki/Sloppy_Joe%27s" title="Sloppy Joe's">Sloppy Joe</a>). Some scholars believe Russell was the model for Freddy in <i><a href="/wiki/To_Have_and_Have_Not" title="To Have and Have Not">To Have and Have Not</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group had nicknames for each other, and Hemingway wound up with "Papa". </p><p>Pauline's rich uncle Gus Pfeiffer bought the <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway_House" title="Ernest Hemingway House">907 Whitehead Street house</a><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 1931 as a wedding present. The Hemingways installed a swimming pool for $20,000 in 1937–38 (equivalent to about $339,639 in 2023). The unexpectedly high cost prompted Hemingway to put a <a href="/wiki/Penny" title="Penny">penny</a> in the wet cement of the patio, saying, "Here, take the last penny I've got!" The penny is at the north end of the pool.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During his stay he wrote or worked on <i><a href="/wiki/Death_in_the_Afternoon" title="Death in the Afternoon">Death in the Afternoon</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/For_Whom_the_Bell_Tolls" title="For Whom the Bell Tolls">For Whom the Bell Tolls</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Snows_of_Kilimanjaro_(story)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Snows of Kilimanjaro (story)">The Snows of Kilimanjaro</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Short_Happy_Life_of_Francis_Macomber" title="The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber">The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber</a></i>. He used Depression-era Key West as one of the locations in <i><a href="/wiki/To_Have_and_Have_Not" title="To Have and Have Not">To Have and Have Not</a></i>—his only novel with scenes that occur in the United States. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Polydactylcat.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Polydactylcat.jpg/220px-Polydactylcat.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Polydactylcat.jpg/330px-Polydactylcat.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Polydactylcat.jpg/440px-Polydactylcat.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Polydactyl_cat" title="Polydactyl cat">polydactyl cat</a> with seven toes at Hemingway's house</figcaption></figure> <p>The six- or seven-toed <a href="/wiki/Polydactyl_cat" title="Polydactyl cat">polydactyl</a> cats descended from Hemingway's original pet "Snowball" still live on the grounds and are cared for at the Hemingway House, despite complaints by the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Department_of_Agriculture" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Department of Agriculture">U.S. Department of Agriculture</a> that they are not kept free from visitor contact. The Key West City Commission has exempted the house from a law prohibiting more than four domestic animals per household. </p><p>Pauline and Hemingway divorced in 1939; Hemingway only occasionally visited when returning from Havana until his suicide in 1961.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Tennessee_Williams_house">Tennessee Williams house</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Key_West&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Tennessee Williams house"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Williams" title="Tennessee Williams">Tennessee Williams</a> first became a regular visitor to Key West in 1941 and is said to have written the first draft of <i><a href="/wiki/A_Streetcar_Named_Desire_(play)" class="mw-redirect" title="A Streetcar Named Desire (play)">A Streetcar Named Desire</a></i> while staying in 1947 at the La Concha Hotel. He bought a permanent house in 1949 and listed Key West as his primary residence until his death in 1983. In contrast to Hemingway's grand house in Old Town, the Williams home at 1431 Duncan Street<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the "unfashionable" New Town neighborhood is a very modest bungalow. The house is privately owned and not open to the public. The Academy Award-winning film version of his play <i><a href="/wiki/The_Rose_Tattoo" title="The Rose Tattoo">The Rose Tattoo</a></i> was shot on the island in 1956. The Tennessee Williams Theatre is located on the campus of Florida Keys Community College on Stock Island.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Though Hemingway and Williams lived in Key West at the same time, they reportedly met only once—at Hemingway's home in Cuba, <a href="/wiki/Finca_Vig%C3%ADa" title="Finca Vigía">Finca Vigía</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Port_of_Key_West">Port of Key West</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Key_West&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Port of Key West"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Key_West" title="Port of Key West">Port of Key West</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Carnival_Dream_Key_West_2022.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A cruise ship docked at Pier B in Key West" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Carnival_Dream_Key_West_2022.jpg/220px-Carnival_Dream_Key_West_2022.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Carnival_Dream_Key_West_2022.jpg/330px-Carnival_Dream_Key_West_2022.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Carnival_Dream_Key_West_2022.jpg/440px-Carnival_Dream_Key_West_2022.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>A cruise ship docked at Pier B in Key West</figcaption></figure> <p>The first <a href="/wiki/Cruise_ship" title="Cruise ship">cruise ship</a> to adopt the port was the <i><a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Cruise_Line" title="Norwegian Cruise Line">Sunward</a></i> in 1969. It docked at Pier B, which was owned at that time by the U.S. Navy. </p><p>In 1984, the city opened a cruise terminal at <a href="/wiki/Mallory_Square" title="Mallory Square">Mallory Square</a>. The decision was met with opponents who claimed that it would disrupt the tradition of watching the sunset at Mallory Square.<sup id="cite_ref-:02_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Today, the Port of Key West includes Key West Bight, Garrison Bight at City Marina, as well as three docks that could be used by cruise ships.<sup id="cite_ref-:02_69-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Key_West&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Monthly_Climate_Normals_(1991-2020)_-_Key_West_Area,_FL(ThreadEx).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Monthly_Climate_Normals_%281991-2020%29_-_Key_West_Area%2C_FL%28ThreadEx%29.svg/250px-Monthly_Climate_Normals_%281991-2020%29_-_Key_West_Area%2C_FL%28ThreadEx%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="203" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Monthly_Climate_Normals_%281991-2020%29_-_Key_West_Area%2C_FL%28ThreadEx%29.svg/330px-Monthly_Climate_Normals_%281991-2020%29_-_Key_West_Area%2C_FL%28ThreadEx%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Monthly_Climate_Normals_%281991-2020%29_-_Key_West_Area%2C_FL%28ThreadEx%29.svg/500px-Monthly_Climate_Normals_%281991-2020%29_-_Key_West_Area%2C_FL%28ThreadEx%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="558" data-file-height="516" /></a><figcaption>Climate chart for Key West</figcaption></figure> <p>Key West has a <a href="/wiki/Tropical_savanna_climate" title="Tropical savanna climate">tropical savanna climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Tropical_savanna_climate" title="Tropical savanna climate">Aw</a></i>, similar to many of the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a> <a href="/wiki/Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Islands">islands</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Like most localities near the edge of the tropics, Key West has a relatively large range in monthly mean temperatures between the coldest month (January) and the hottest month (July), with the annual range of monthly mean temperatures around 15 °F (8.3 °C). The lowest recorded temperature in Key West is 41 °F (5 °C) on January 12, 1886, and January 13, 1981. Key West is located in USDA plant <a href="/wiki/Hardiness_zone" title="Hardiness zone">hardiness zone</a> 12a, with an annual mean minimum temperature of 50 °F (10 °C). </p><p>Prevailing easterly <a href="/wiki/Trade_winds" title="Trade winds">trade winds</a> and sea breezes suppress the usual summertime heating (while increasing the winter rainfall), with temperatures rarely reaching 95 °F (35 °C). There are 56 days per year with 90 °F (32 °C) or greater highs,<sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the average window for such readings June 8 through September 24, shorter than almost the entire <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_United_States" title="Southeastern United States">southeastern U.S.</a> Low temperatures often remain above 80 °F (27 °C), however. The all-time record high temperature is 97 °F (36 °C) on July 19, 1880, and August 29, 1956.<sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_71-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wet_and_dry_seasons">Wet and dry seasons</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Key_West&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Wet and dry seasons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Key_road.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Key_road.jpeg/220px-Key_road.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Key_road.jpeg/330px-Key_road.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Key_road.jpeg/440px-Key_road.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="5312" data-file-height="2988" /></a><figcaption>Palm trees along a street in the <a href="/wiki/Truman_Annex" title="Truman Annex">Truman Annex</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Like most <a href="/wiki/Tropical_climate" title="Tropical climate">tropical climates</a>, Key West has a two-season wet and dry climate. The period from November through April is normally sunny and fairly dry, with only 25 percent of the annual rainfall occurring. May through October is normally the <a href="/wiki/Wet_season" title="Wet season">wet season</a>. During the wet season some rain falls on most days, often as brief, but heavy tropical downpours, followed by intense sun. Early morning is the favored time for these showers, which is different from mainland Florida, where showers and thunderstorms usually occur in the afternoon. </p><p>Easterly (tropical) waves during this season occasionally bring excessive rainfall, while infrequent <a href="/wiki/Hurricanes" class="mw-redirect" title="Hurricanes">hurricanes</a> may be accompanied by unusually heavy amounts. On average, rainfall markedly peaks between August and October; the single wettest month in Key West is September, when the threat from tropical weather systems (hurricanes, tropical storms and tropical depressions) is greatest. Key West is the driest city in Florida, averaging just over 40 inches (1,000 mm) of rain per year. This is driven primarily by Key West's relative dryness in May, June and July. In mainland Florida peninsular areas like Orlando, Tampa/St. Petersburg and Fort Myers, June and July average monthly rainfalls typically reach 7 to 10 inches (180 to 250 mm), while Key West has only half such amounts over the same period.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hurricanes">Hurricanes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Key_West&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Hurricanes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flood102405.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flood102405.JPG/250px-Flood102405.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flood102405.JPG/330px-Flood102405.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flood102405.JPG/500px-Flood102405.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Flooding caused by <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Wilma" title="Hurricane Wilma">Hurricane Wilma</a> on <a href="/wiki/Key_Haven" class="mw-redirect" title="Key Haven">Key Haven</a>, island suburb of the City of Key West on <a href="/wiki/Raccoon_Key" class="mw-redirect" title="Raccoon Key">Raccoon Key</a> (October 24, 2005)</figcaption></figure> <p>Key West, like the rest of the Florida Keys, is vulnerable to <a href="/wiki/Hurricanes" class="mw-redirect" title="Hurricanes">hurricanes</a>. The most recent hurricane to impact Key West was <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Irma" title="Hurricane Irma">Hurricane Irma</a>, which made landfall in the Keys in the morning of September 10, 2017 as a Category 4 storm. </p><p>Some locals maintain that <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Wilma" title="Hurricane Wilma">Hurricane Wilma</a> on October 24, 2005, was the worst storm in memory. The entire island was told to evacuate and business owners were forced to shut their doors. After the hurricane had passed, the resulting storm surge sent eight feet (two meters) of water inland completely inundating a large portion of the lower Keys. Low-lying areas of Key West and the lower Keys, including major tourist destinations, were under as much as three feet (one meter) of water. Sixty percent of the homes in Key West were flooded.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The higher parts of Old Town, such as the <a href="/wiki/Solares_Hill" title="Solares Hill">Solares Hill</a> and <a href="/wiki/Key_West_Cemetery" title="Key West Cemetery">cemetery</a> areas, did not flood, because of their higher elevations of 12 to 18 feet (4 to 5 m).<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The surge destroyed tens of thousands of cars throughout the lower Keys, and many houses were flooded with one to two feet (thirty to sixty-one centimeters) of sea water. A local newspaper referred to Key West and the lower Keys as a "car graveyard".<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The peak of the storm surge occurred when the eye of Wilma had already passed over the <a href="/wiki/Naples,_Florida" title="Naples, Florida">Naples</a> area, and the sustained winds during the surge were less than 40 mph (64 km/h; 35 kn).<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_74-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The storm destroyed the piers at the <a href="/wiki/Nude_beach" title="Nude beach">clothing-optional</a> Atlantic Shores Motel and breached the shark tank at the <a href="/wiki/Key_West_Aquarium" title="Key West Aquarium">Key West Aquarium</a>, freeing its sharks. Damage postponed the island's famous Halloween <a href="/wiki/Fantasy_Fest" title="Fantasy Fest">Fantasy Fest</a> until the following December. <a href="/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Real_World:_Key_West" title="The Real World: Key West">The Real World: Key West</a></i> was filming during the hurricane and deals with the storm. </p><p>In September 2005, <a href="/wiki/NOAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NOAA">NOAA</a> opened its National Weather Service forecast office building on White Street. The building is designed to withstand a <a href="/wiki/Saffir%E2%80%93Simpson_scale" title="Saffir–Simpson scale">Category 5 hurricane</a> and its storm surge.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2025)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The most intense previous hurricane was <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Georges" title="Hurricane Georges">Hurricane Georges</a>, a Category 2, in September 1998. The storm damaged many of the houseboats along "Houseboat Row" on <a href="/wiki/South_Roosevelt_Boulevard" class="mw-redirect" title="South Roosevelt Boulevard">South Roosevelt Boulevard</a> near Cow Key channel on the east side of the island.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2025)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for <a href="/wiki/Key_West_International_Airport" title="Key West International Airport">Key West Int'l</a>, Florida (1991–2020 normals,<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> extremes 1872−present)<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90<br />(32) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87<br />(31) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89<br />(32) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91<br />(33) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94<br />(34) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">96<br />(36) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">97<br />(36) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">97<br />(36) </td> <td style="background: #FF2C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">95<br />(35) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93<br />(34) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91<br />(33) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">88<br />(31) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">97<br />(36) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.9<br />(27.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">82.5<br />(28.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">84.1<br />(28.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF4E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">86.2<br />(30.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF4400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">88.8<br />(31.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF3B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91.0<br />(32.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF3700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92.2<br />(33.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF3700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92.3<br />(33.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF3900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91.5<br />(33.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF4300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89.1<br />(31.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85.4<br />(29.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">82.9<br />(28.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF3500; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">92.7<br />(33.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF7600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75.8<br />(24.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF7000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77.4<br />(25.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79.6<br />(26.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">82.6<br />(28.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85.9<br />(29.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF4400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">88.7<br />(31.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF3F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90.2<br />(32.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF3D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90.6<br />(32.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF4300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89.0<br />(31.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85.8<br />(29.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.0<br />(27.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77.7<br />(25.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">83.7<br />(28.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF8A16; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.6<br />(21.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8308; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.3<br />(22.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.4<br />(23.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77.9<br />(25.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.1<br />(27.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">84.1<br />(28.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF5100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85.4<br />(29.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85.5<br />(29.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">84.1<br />(28.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.3<br />(27.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">76.6<br />(24.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8002; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.0<br />(22.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">78.9<br />(26.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF9D3C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.5<br />(18.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9730; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.1<br />(19.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF8F1F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.3<br />(20.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF8002; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.1<br />(22.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">76.4<br />(24.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79.4<br />(26.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80.6<br />(27.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80.5<br />(26.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79.2<br />(26.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">76.8<br />(24.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8409; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.2<br />(22.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9226; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.3<br />(20.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7D00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">74.0<br />(23.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFD2A5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51.8<br />(11.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55.0<br />(12.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFB872; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.5<br />(14.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFA44A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.6<br />(17.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF8E1E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.5<br />(20.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.5<br />(23.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.5<br />(23.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.1<br />(23.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.1<br />(23.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8F1F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.3<br />(20.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFA954; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.4<br />(16.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFBF80; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56.6<br />(13.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFD8B1; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">50.1<br />(10.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFFBF8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">41<br />(5) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44<br />(7) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47<br />(8) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48<br />(9) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63<br />(17) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65<br />(18) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68<br />(20) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68<br />(20) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64<br />(18) </td> <td style="background: #FFB66E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59<br />(15) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49<br />(9) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44<br />(7) </td> <td style="background: #FFFBF8; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">41<br />(5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #BAFFBA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.83<br />(46) </td> <td style="background: #BFFFBF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.54<br />(39) </td> <td style="background: #C4FFC4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.53<br />(39) </td> <td style="background: #ADFFAD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.07<br />(53) </td> <td style="background: #89FF89; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.12<br />(79) </td> <td style="background: #5AFF5A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.23<br />(107) </td> <td style="background: #75FF75; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.63<br />(92) </td> <td style="background: #34FF34; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.37<br />(136) </td> <td style="background: #00E200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.24<br />(184) </td> <td style="background: #28FF28; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.67<br />(144) </td> <td style="background: #AEFFAE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.05<br />(52) </td> <td style="background: #ADFFAD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.15<br />(55) </td> <td style="background: #7DFF7D; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">40.44<br />(1,027) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.01 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #A9A9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.9 </td> <td style="background: #BCBCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.9 </td> <td style="background: #C3C3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.8 </td> <td style="background: #C5C5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.5 </td> <td style="background: #A2A2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.5 </td> <td style="background: #7070FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.2 </td> <td style="background: #6F6FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.6 </td> <td style="background: #4A4AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.6 </td> <td style="background: #3535FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15.8 </td> <td style="background: #6969FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.1 </td> <td style="background: #AEAEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.3 </td> <td style="background: #B0B0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.4 </td> <td style="background: #8F8FFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">106.6 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0000DB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">76.0 </td> <td style="background: #0000E1; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">74.3 </td> <td style="background: #0000E6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">73.0 </td> <td style="background: #0000F1; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">70.1 </td> <td style="background: #0000EB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">71.8 </td> <td style="background: #0000E2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">74.0 </td> <td style="background: #0000E9; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">72.2 </td> <td style="background: #0000E5; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">73.4 </td> <td style="background: #0000DD; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75.3 </td> <td style="background: #0000DE; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75.1 </td> <td style="background: #0000DB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">76.0 </td> <td style="background: #0000DA; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">76.2 </td> <td style="background: #0000E2; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">74.0 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Dew_point" title="Dew point">dew point</a> °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFAD5C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.3<br />(16.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFAE5D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.2<br />(16.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFA449; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.9<br />(17.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF9C39; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.8<br />(18.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8C1A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.0<br />(21.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.6<br />(23.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.3<br />(23.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.7<br />(23.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.3<br />(23.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF8913; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.9<br />(21.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9932; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66.7<br />(19.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFA64E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.1<br />(17.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9226; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">68.3<br />(20.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #E3E300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">249.6 </td> <td style="background: #E7E700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">245.4 </td> <td style="background: #F0F010; color:#000000;" class="notheme">308.8 </td> <td style="background: #F6F61E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">324.6 </td> <td style="background: #F7F721; color:#000000;" class="notheme">340.3 </td> <td style="background: #F4F418; color:#000000;" class="notheme">314.0 </td> <td style="background: #F4F419; color:#000000;" class="notheme">325.2 </td> <td style="background: #F0F00F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">306.6 </td> <td style="background: #E9E900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">269.6 </td> <td style="background: #E4E400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">254.7 </td> <td style="background: #E0E000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">230.9 </td> <td style="background: #DFDF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">234.5 </td> <td style="background: #ECEC05; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">3,404.2 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Percentage <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">possible sunshine</a> </th> <td style="background: #FFFF99; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFA1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFB9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFC1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFB5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">82 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFA1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFA5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">76 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF90; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF84; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFA1; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">77 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: NOAA (relative humidity, dew point and sun 1961−1990)<sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_71-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_txt_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA_txt-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-noaasun_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-noaasun-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <table style="width:100%;text-align:center;line-height:1.2em;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto" class="wikitable mw-collapsible"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Key West </th></tr> <tr> <th>Month </th> <th>Jan </th> <th>Feb </th> <th>Mar </th> <th>Apr </th> <th>May </th> <th>Jun </th> <th>Jul </th> <th>Aug </th> <th>Sep </th> <th>Oct </th> <th>Nov </th> <th>Dec </th> <th style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr> <th>Average sea temperature °F (°C) </th> <td style="background:#FFA000;color:#000000;">71.2 <br />(21.8) </td> <td style="background:#FFA000;color:#000000;">71.2 <br />(21.8) </td> <td style="background:#FF8B00;color:#000000;">73.2 <br />(22.9) </td> <td style="background:#FF5A00;color:#000000;">77.7 <br />(25.4) </td> <td style="background:#FF3A00;color:#FFFFFF;">80.6 <br />(27.0) </td> <td style="background:#FF1D00;color:#FFFFFF;">83.3 <br />(28.5) </td> <td style="background:#FF0500;color:#FFFFFF;">85.5 <br />(29.7) </td> <td style="background:#FA0000;color:#FFFFFF;">86.9 <br />(30.5) </td> <td style="background:#FF0500;color:#FFFFFF;">85.5 <br />(29.7) </td> <td style="background:#FF2300;color:#FFFFFF;">82.8 <br />(28.2) </td> <td style="background:#FF5200;color:#000000;">78.4 <br />(25.8) </td> <td style="background:#FF7D00;color:#000000;">74.5 <br />(23.6) </td> <td style="background:#FF4900;color:#000000;border-left-width:medium">79.2 <br />(26.2) </td></tr> <tr> <th>Mean daily daylight hours </th> <td style="background:#F7F722;color:#000000;">11.0 </td> <td style="background:#F7F722;color:#000000;">11.0 </td> <td style="background:#FFFF33;color:#000000;">12.0 </td> <td style="background:#FFFF44;color:#000000;">13.0 </td> <td style="background:#FFFF44;color:#000000;">13.0 </td> <td style="background:#FFFF55;color:#000000;">14.0 </td> <td style="background:#FFFF44;color:#000000;">13.0 </td> <td style="background:#FFFF44;color:#000000;">13.0 </td> <td style="background:#FFFF33;color:#000000;">12.0 </td> <td style="background:#FFFF33;color:#000000;">12.0 </td> <td style="background:#F7F722;color:#000000;">11.0 </td> <td style="background:#F7F722;color:#000000;">11.0 </td> <td style="background:#FFFF35;color:#000000;border-left-width:medium">12.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Average <a href="/wiki/Ultraviolet_index" title="Ultraviolet index">Ultraviolet index</a> </th> <td style="background:#f85900;color:#000000;">6 </td> <td style="background:#d8001d;color:#000000;">8 </td> <td style="background:#d8001d;color:#000000;">10 </td> <td style="background:#6b49c8;color:#000000;">11 </td> <td style="background:#6b49c8;color:#000000;">11 </td> <td style="background:#6b49c8;color:#000000;">11 </td> <td style="background:#6b49c8;color:#000000;">11 </td> <td style="background:#6b49c8;color:#000000;">11 </td> <td style="background:#d8001d;color:#000000;">10 </td> <td style="background:#d8001d;color:#000000;">9 </td> <td style="background:#f85900;color:#000000;">7 </td> <td style="background:#f85900;color:#000000;">6 </td> <td style="background:#d8001d;color:#000000;border-left-width:medium">9.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th 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title="1850 United States census">1850</a></th><td>2,367</td><td></td><td>244.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td>2,832</td><td></td><td>19.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>5,016</td><td></td><td>77.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>9,890</td><td></td><td>97.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>18,080</td><td></td><td>82.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>17,114</td><td></td><td>−5.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>19,945</td><td></td><td>16.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>18,749</td><td></td><td>−6.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>12,831</td><td></td><td>−31.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>12,927</td><td></td><td>0.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>26,433</td><td></td><td>104.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>33,956</td><td></td><td>28.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>29,312</td><td></td><td>−13.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>24,382</td><td></td><td>−16.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>24,832</td><td></td><td>1.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>25,478</td><td></td><td>2.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>24,649</td><td></td><td>−3.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>26,444</td><td></td><td>7.3%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-DecennialCensus_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DecennialCensus-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010_and_2020_census">2010 and 2020 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Key_West&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: 2010 and 2020 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption><b>Key West racial composition</b> <br />(Hispanics excluded from racial categories) <br />(<i>NH = Non-Hispanic</i>) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Race </th> <th>Pop 2010<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Pop 2020<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>% 2010 </th> <th>% 2020 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_whites" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino whites">White</a> (NH) </td> <td>16,286 </td> <td>16,160 </td> <td>66.07% </td> <td>61.11% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_African_Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans">Black or African American</a> (NH) </td> <td>2,215 </td> <td>2,562 </td> <td>8.99% </td> <td>9.69% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a> or <a href="/wiki/Alaska_Native" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaska Native">Alaska Native</a> (NH) </td> <td>84 </td> <td>59 </td> <td>0.34% </td> <td>0.22% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian</a> (NH) </td> <td>386 </td> <td>609 </td> <td>1.57% </td> <td>2.30% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_Americans" title="Pacific Islander Americans">Pacific Islander</a> or <a href="/wiki/Native_Hawaiian" class="mw-redirect" title="Native Hawaiian">Native Hawaiian</a> (NH) </td> <td>34 </td> <td>35 </td> <td>0.14% </td> <td>0.13% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Other_races_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Other races (U.S. Census)">Some other race</a> (NH) </td> <td>44 </td> <td>186 </td> <td>0.18% </td> <td>0.70% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Multiracial_Americans" title="Multiracial Americans">Two or more races/Multiracial</a> (NH) </td> <td>372 </td> <td>904 </td> <td>1.51% </td> <td>3.42% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a> (any race) </td> <td>5,228 </td> <td>5,929 </td> <td>21.21% </td> <td>22.42% </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total</b> </td> <td><b>24,649</b> </td> <td><b>26,444</b> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 United States census</a>, there were 26,444 people, 10,788 households, and 5,701 families residing in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010 United States census</a>, there were 24,649 people, 9,388 households, and 4,813 families residing in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table style="margin:0 auto; border:none;"><tbody><tr><td style="border:none; padding:0;"><div class="barbox tnone" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:auto; background: var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,white); color: var(--color-base,black)"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ddd"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Ancestry in Key West (2014–2018) <sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;">Ancestral origin:</td> <td style="width:100px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;">Percent:</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/English_American" class="mw-redirect" title="English American">English American</a> (including "<a href="/wiki/Americans" title="Americans">American</a>" ancestry)</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:dodgerblue; width:14%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">14%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Cuban_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuban American">Cuban American</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:lightblue; width:12.7%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">12.7%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/German_American" class="mw-redirect" title="German American">German American</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:black; width:10.1%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">10.1%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Irish_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish American">Irish American</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:purple; width:7.9%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">7.9%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Italian_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian American">Italian American</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:darkred; width:6.2%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">6.2%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/West_Indian_Americans" title="West Indian Americans">West Indian Americans</a> (excluding <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic American">Hispanic</a> groups)</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:lightgreen; width:5.7%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">5.7%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">African American</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:yellow; width:4.8%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">4.8%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Mexican_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Mexican American">Mexican American</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:orange; width:4.2%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">4.2%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Central_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Central American">Central American</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:green; width:4%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">4%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Polish_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish American">Polish American</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:pink; width:3.7%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">3.7%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish American">Scottish American</a> (including <a href="/wiki/Scots-Irish_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Scots-Irish American">Scots-Irish</a>)</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:lightred; width:2.8%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">2.8%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Scandinavian_Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Scandinavian Americans">Scandinavian Americans</a> (including <a href="/wiki/Icelandic_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Icelandic American">Iceland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Finnish_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Finnish American">Finland</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Baltic_Americans_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Baltic Americans (disambiguation)">Baltic States</a>)</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:blue; width:2.8%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">2.8%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rican_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Puerto Rican American">Puerto Rican American</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:white; width:2.7%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">2.7%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_Europe" title="Ethnic groups in Europe">Central European</a> (including <a href="/wiki/Slavs" title="Slavs">Slavic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Slovak_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Slovak American">Slovakian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Slovenian_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Slovenian American">Slovenian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Czech_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Czech American">Czech</a>, etc.)</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:darkgreen; width:2.3%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">2.3%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000_census">2000 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Key_West&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: 2000 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a> of <a href="/wiki/2000" title="2000">2000</a>, there were 25,478 people, 11,016 households, and 5,463 families residing in the city. The <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> is 1,653.3/km<sup>2</sup> (4,285.0/mi<sup>2</sup>). There are 13,306 housing units at an average density of 863.4/km<sup>2</sup> (2,237.9/mi<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the city was 84.94% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 9.28% <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">Black or African American</a>, 0.39% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 1.29% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 0.05% <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 1.86% from other races, and 2.18% from two or more races. 16.54% of the population were <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> of any race. </p><p>In 2000, there were 10,501 households, out of which 19.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.7% were married couples living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 50.4% were classified as non-families. Of all households, 31.4% were made up of individuals, and 8.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.84. </p><p>In 2000, 16.0% of the population was under the age of 18, 8.4% was from 18 to 24, 37.1% from 25 to 44, 26.7% from 45 to 64, and 11.7% was 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 122.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 126.0 males. </p><p>In 2000, the median income for a household was $43,021, and the median income for those classified as families was $50,895. Males had a median income of $30,967 versus $25,407 for females. The per capita income for the city was $26,316. About 5.8% of families and 10.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.5% of those under age 18 and 11.3% of those age 65 or over. The ancestries most reported in 2000 were English (12.4%), German (12.2%), Irish (11.3%), Italian (6.8%), American (6.0%) and French (3.6%). </p><p>The number of families (as defined by the US census bureau) declined dramatically in the last four decades of the 20th century. In 1960, there were 13,340 families in Key West, with 42.1% of households having children living in them. By 2000, the population had dwindled to 5,463 families, with only 19.9% of households having children living in them.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2000, 76.66% spoke only <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> at home, while <a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a> was spoken by 17.32%, 1.06% spoke <a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a>, 1.02% spoke <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>, and <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a> was spoken as a by 0.94% of the population. In total, speakers of other languages spoken besides English made up 25.33% of residents.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id=""Conchs""><span id=".22Conchs.22"></span>"Conchs"</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Key_West&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: "Conchs""><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Conch_(people)" title="Conch (people)">Conch (people)</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wrecking_(shipwreck)#Wrecking_in_the_Florida_Keys" title="Wrecking (shipwreck)">Wrecking in the Florida Keys</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NSRW_Turtles.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/NSRW_Turtles.png/220px-NSRW_Turtles.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/NSRW_Turtles.png/330px-NSRW_Turtles.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/NSRW_Turtles.png/440px-NSRW_Turtles.png 2x" data-file-width="1265" data-file-height="947" /></a><figcaption>Captured <a href="/wiki/Sea_turtle" title="Sea turtle">sea turtles</a> in Key West, circa 1900</figcaption></figure> <p>Many of the early residents of Key West were immigrants from the <a href="/wiki/Bahamas" class="mw-redirect" title="Bahamas">Bahamas</a>, known as <a href="/wiki/Conch_(people)" title="Conch (people)">Conchs</a> (pronounced "conks"'), who arrived in increasing numbers after 1830. Many were sons and daughters of Loyalists who fled to the nearest Crown soil during the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolution" title="American Revolution">American Revolution</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 20th century many residents of Key West started referring to themselves as <i>Conchs</i>, and the term is now generally applied to all residents of Key West. Some residents use the term "Conch" (or, alternatively, "Saltwater Conch") to refer to a person born in Key West, while the term "Freshwater Conch" refers to a resident not born in Key West but who has lived in Key West for seven years or more.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The true original meaning of <i>Conch</i> applies only to someone with European ancestry who immigrated from the Bahamas, however. It is said that when a baby was born, the family would put a conch shell on a pole in front of their home. </p><p>Many of the black Bahamian immigrants who arrived later lived in <a href="/wiki/Bahama_Village" class="mw-redirect" title="Bahama Village">Bahama Village</a>, an area of Old Town next to the <a href="/wiki/Truman_Annex" title="Truman Annex">Truman Annex</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cuban_presence">Cuban presence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Key_West&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Cuban presence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cuban_mix.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Cuban_mix.jpg/250px-Cuban_mix.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Cuban_mix.jpg/330px-Cuban_mix.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Cuban_mix.jpg/440px-Cuban_mix.jpg 2x" data-file-width="470" data-file-height="318" /></a><figcaption>A typical <a href="/wiki/Cuban_sandwich" title="Cuban sandwich">Cuban sandwich</a> available in many cafés and restaurants in Key West</figcaption></figure> <p>Key West is closer to <a href="/wiki/Havana" title="Havana">Havana</a> (106 miles or 171 kilometres)<sup id="cite_ref-AcmeMapper_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AcmeMapper-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> than it is to Miami (130 mi; 210 km).<sup id="cite_ref-chkdist_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chkdist-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1890, Key West had a population of nearly 18,800 and was the biggest and richest city in Florida.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Half the residents were said to be of Cuban origin, and Key West regularly had Cuban mayors, including the son of <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Manuel_de_C%C3%A9spedes" title="Carlos Manuel de Céspedes">Carlos Manuel de Céspedes</a>, father of the Cuban Republic, who was elected mayor in 1876.<sup id="cite_ref-Amigospais-guaracabuya.org_93-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Amigospais-guaracabuya.org-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cubans were actively involved in reportedly 200 factories in town, producing 100 million cigars annually. <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mart%C3%AD" title="José Martí">José Martí</a> made several visits to seek recruits for Cuban independence starting in 1891 and founded the Cuban Revolutionary Party during his visits to Key West.<sup id="cite_ref-Amigospais-guaracabuya.org_93-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Amigospais-guaracabuya.org-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Key West received a large number of refugees during the <a href="/wiki/Mariel_Boatlift" class="mw-redirect" title="Mariel Boatlift">Mariel Boatlift</a>. Refugees continue to come ashore and, on at least one occasion, most notably in April 2003, flew hijacked Cuban Airlines planes into the city's airport.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government_and_politics">Government and politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Key_West&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Government and politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Key West is governed via a <a href="/wiki/Mayor%E2%80%93council_government" title="Mayor–council government">mayor-council</a> system. The city council is known as the city commission. It consists of six members each elected from individual districts. The mayor is elected in a citywide vote. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mayors">Mayors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Key_West&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Mayors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Key_West" class="mw-redirect" title="List of mayors of Key West">List of mayors of Key West</a></div> <p>Mayors of Key West have reflected the city's cultural and ethnic heritage. It has had mayors of Cuban ancestry and others that were <a href="/wiki/Coming_out" title="Coming out">openly gay</a>. One mayor is famous for having water-skied to Cuba.<sup id="cite_ref-news.google.com_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-news.google.com-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_presence">Military presence</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Key_West&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Military presence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Key_West" title="Naval Air Station Key West">NAS Key West</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boca_Chica_Key" title="Boca Chica Key">Boca Chica</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Truman_Annex" title="Truman Annex">Truman Annex</a> have been the home of U.S. ships, submarines, <a href="/wiki/Pegasus-class_hydrofoil" title="Pegasus-class hydrofoil"><i>Pegasus</i>-class hydrofoils</a>, Fighter Training Squadrons like the current <a href="/wiki/VFC-111" title="VFC-111">VFC-111</a> "Sundowners", and Light Photographic Reconnaissance Squadrons like the former <a href="/wiki/VFP-62" title="VFP-62">VFP-62</a> "Fighting Photos" during the Cuban Missile Crisis. <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Key_West" title="Naval Air Station Key West">NAS Key West</a> is still a training facility for US Naval Aviation personnel.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Key West has had a military presence since 1823, shortly after its purchase by Simonton in 1822. John W. Simonton lobbied the U.S. government to establish a naval base on Key West, both to take advantage of its strategic location and to bring law and order to the Key West town. On March 25, 1822, naval officer <a href="/wiki/Matthew_C._Perry" title="Matthew C. Perry">Matthew C. Perry</a> sailed the <a href="/wiki/USS_Shark_(1821)" title="USS Shark (1821)">schooner Shark</a> to Key West and planted the U.S. flag claiming the Keys as United States property. In 1823, a naval base was established to protect shipping merchants in the lower keys from pirates that would eventually evolve through the Civil War, the Spanish American War, two world wars, and the Cold War as <a href="/wiki/Naval_Station_Key_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Station Key West">Naval Station Key West</a>, eventually home to the <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Sonar_School" title="Fleet Sonar School">Fleet Sonar School</a>, Marine Barracks Key West, <a href="/wiki/Submarine_Squadron_4" title="Submarine Squadron 4">Submarine Squadron 4</a>, Submarine Squadron 12, Destroyer Squadron 12, and various diesel-powered submarines and surface ships. NAVSTA Key West was closed in 1974 as part of post-Vietnam War force reductions across the Department of Defense. A portion of the original NAVSTA Key West still remains under Navy control as Naval Air Station Key West-<a href="/wiki/Truman_Annex" title="Truman Annex">Truman Annex</a> while a portion containing <a href="/wiki/Fort_Zachary_Taylor" title="Fort Zachary Taylor">Fort Zachary Taylor</a> was conveyed to the State of Florida as Fort Zachary Taylor State Park. The Truman Little White House has also been preserved as a museum based on its history as a part-time residence of President Harry S. Truman during his presidency. The remainder of the original base was conveyed to civilian control for redevelopment and now comprises The Key West Amphitheater, Truman Waterfront Park, residential redevelopment consisting of both homes and condominiums, and a portion of <a href="/wiki/Mallory_Square" title="Mallory Square">Mallory Square</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Key West was always an important military post, since it sits at the northern edge of the deepwater channel connecting the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico (the southern edge 90 miles [140 km] away is Cuba) via the <a href="/wiki/Florida_Straits" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida Straits">Florida Straits</a>. Because of this, Key West since the 1820s had been dubbed the "Gibraltar of the West". Fort Taylor was initially built on the island. The Navy added a small base from which <a href="/wiki/USS_Maine_(1889)" title="USS Maine (1889)">USS <i>Maine</i></a> sailed to its demise in <a href="/wiki/Havana" title="Havana">Havana</a> at the beginning of the <a href="/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War" title="Spanish–American War">Spanish–American War</a> which later evolved into NAVSTA Key West. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Naval_Air_Station_Key_West">Naval Air Station Key West</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Key_West&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Naval Air Station Key West"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Steven_W._Groves.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Steven_W._Groves.jpg/290px-Steven_W._Groves.jpg" decoding="async" width="290" height="121" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Steven_W._Groves.jpg/435px-Steven_W._Groves.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Steven_W._Groves.jpg/580px-Steven_W._Groves.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2288" data-file-height="955" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/USS_Stephen_W._Groves" title="USS Stephen W. Groves">USS <i>Stephen W. Groves</i> (FFG-29)</a> as seen at sunset in Key West on July 22, 2007. This ship is typical of the frigates, destroyers, and smaller military vessels that call at the port. Larger ships, such as aircraft carriers, are prohibited because of their deep draft and the shallowness of the harbor.</figcaption></figure> <p>At the beginning of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> the Navy increased its presence from 50 to 3,000 acres (20 to 1,214 hectares), including all of <a href="/wiki/Boca_Chica_Key" title="Boca Chica Key">Boca Chica Key</a>'s 1,700 acres (690 ha) and the construction of <a href="/wiki/Fleming_Key" title="Fleming Key">Fleming Key</a> from landfill. The Navy built the first water pipeline extending the length of the Keys, bringing fresh water from the mainland to supply its bases.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At its peak 15,000 military personnel and 3,400 civilians were at the base. Included in the base are: </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Key_West" title="Naval Air Station Key West">Naval Air Station Key West</a></b> – This is the main facility on Boca Chica. The air station's primary purpose is readiness training for carrier-based strike fighter, electronic attack and carrier airborne early warning squadrons of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet and U.S. Pacific Fleet, primarily via the Fleet Fighter Aircrew Readiness Program (FFARP), honing the skills of <a href="/wiki/Naval_Aviator" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Aviator">Naval Aviators</a> and <a href="/wiki/Naval_Flight_Officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Flight Officer">Naval Flight Officers</a> in air combat training prior to overseas deployment. An additional squadron permanently based at NAS Key West, Fighter Composite Squadron 111 (<a href="/wiki/VFC-111" title="VFC-111">VFC-111</a>), is composed of both active duty and Navy Reserve pilots who fly <a href="/wiki/F-5_Tiger_II" class="mw-redirect" title="F-5 Tiger II">F-5 Tiger II</a> aircraft as simulated enemy aggressors in Dissimilar Air Combat Training (DACT) for Fleet aircrews, primarily using the offshore Key West Tactical Air Crew Training System (TACTS) Range. Permanent party officer and enlisted personnel assigned to NAS Key West are primarily housed at the Navy's Sigsbee Park housing area eight miles to the west or in private housing on the local economy. In 2006 there were 1,650 active duty personnel; 2,507 family members; 35 Reserve members; and 1,312 civilians listed at the base. In the 1990s the Navy worked out an agreement with the <a href="/wiki/National_Park_Service" title="National Park Service">National Park Service</a> to eliminate <a href="/wiki/Sonic_booms" class="mw-redirect" title="Sonic booms">sonic booms</a> in the vicinity of <a href="/wiki/Fort_Jefferson,_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Jefferson, Florida">Fort Jefferson</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Dry_Tortugas" class="mw-redirect" title="Dry Tortugas">Dry Tortugas</a>. Many of the training missions are directed at the <i>Marquesas "Patricia" Target</i> 29 nautical miles (54 km) due west of the base. The target is a grounded ship hulk 306 feet (93 m) in length that is visible only at low tide. Bombs are not actually dropped on the target.</li> <li><b>Truman Annex</b> – The area next to Fort Taylor became a submarine pen and was used for the Fleet Sonar School. President Harry S. Truman was to make the commandant's house his winter White House. The Fort Taylor Annex was later renamed the <a href="/wiki/Truman_Annex" title="Truman Annex">Truman Annex</a>. This portion has largely been decommissioned, with <a href="/wiki/Fort_Zachary_Taylor" title="Fort Zachary Taylor">Fort Zachary Taylor</a> conveyed to the State of Florida as a state park and the remainder turned over to private developers and the city of Key West. There are still a few military and U.S. government offices and facilities there, including the new NOAA Hurricane Forecasting Center and the military headquarters for <a href="/wiki/Joint_Interagency_Task_Force_South" title="Joint Interagency Task Force South">Joint Interagency Task Force South</a>, an element of <a href="/wiki/U.S._Southern_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Southern Command">U.S. Southern Command</a>. The Navy still owns its piers.</li> <li><b>Trumbo Point Annex</b> – The docking area on what had been the railroad yard for Flagler's Overseas Railroad is now used by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" title="United States Coast Guard">Coast Guard</a> as <b>Coast Guard Sector Key West</b> and <b>Coast Guard Station Key West</b>, to include being the homeport for several Coast Guard cutters. It is also home to the Bachelor Officers Quarters (BOQ) for NAS Key West and contains additional married family military housing.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Key_West&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Media_in_Key_West,_Florida" title="Media in Key West, Florida">Media in Key West, Florida</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_Key_West" class="mw-redirect" title="List of television stations in Key West">List of television stations in Key West</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_Key_West" class="mw-redirect" title="List of radio stations in Key West">List of radio stations in Key West</a></div> <p>Key West is part of the <a href="/wiki/Template:Miami_TV" title="Template:Miami TV">Miami-Fort Lauderdale television market</a>. It is served by rebroadcast transmitters in Key West and <a href="/wiki/Marathon,_Florida" title="Marathon, Florida">Marathon</a> that repeat the Miami-Fort Lauderdale stations. <a href="/wiki/Comcast" title="Comcast">Comcast</a> provides cable television service. <a href="/wiki/DirecTV" title="DirecTV">DirecTV</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dish_Network" title="Dish Network">Dish Network</a> provide Miami-Fort Lauderdale local stations and national channels. </p><p>The Key West area has 11 FM radio stations, 4 FM translators, and 2 AM stations. WEOW 92.7 is the home of The Rude Girl & Molly Blue, a popular morning zoo duo; Bill Bravo is the afternoon host. SUN 99.5 has Hoebee and Miss Loretta in the p.m. drive. Island 106.9 FM is the only locally owned, independent FM station in Key West, featuring alternative rock music and community programs. </p><p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Florida_Keys_Keynoter" title="Florida Keys Keynoter">Florida Keys Keynoter</a></i> and the <i><a href="/wiki/Key_West_Citizen" title="Key West Citizen">Key West Citizen</a></i> are published locally and serve Key West and Monroe County. The <i>Southernmost Flyer</i>, a weekly publication printed in conjunction with the <i>Citizen</i>, is produced by the Public Affairs Department of <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Key_West" title="Naval Air Station Key West">Naval Air Station Key West</a> and serves the local military community. Key West the Newspaper (known locally as The Blue Paper due to its colorful header) is a local weekly investigative newspaper, established in 1994 by Dennis Cooper, taken over in 2013 as a fully digital publication by Arnaud and Naja Girard.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2022, TheKeys411.com launched KeyWestPlus.com, or KeyWest+, on Roku. The channel spotlights local musicians, people of interest, and lifestyle topics in Key West and The Florida Keys.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2025)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Key_West&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Monroe_County_School_District_(Florida)" title="Monroe County School District (Florida)">Monroe County School District</a> operates public schools in Key West. </p><p>District-operated elementary schools serving the City of Key West include Poinciana Elementary School, which is located on the island of Key West, and Gerald Adams Elementary School, which is located on <a href="/wiki/Stock_Island,_Florida" title="Stock Island, Florida">Stock Island</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> District-operated middle and high schools include Horace O'Bryant School, a former middle school that now operates as a <a href="/wiki/K-8_school" class="mw-redirect" title="K-8 school">K–8</a> school, and the <a href="/wiki/Key_West_High_School" title="Key West High School">Key West High School</a>. All of Key West is zoned to Horace O'Bryant School for grades 6–8 and to Key West High School for grades 9–12. Sigsbee Charter School is a K–8 school, sanctioned by the District and serving predominantly military dependent children as well as children from the community at large.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Admission to Sigsbee Charter School is limited and the waiting list is managed by a lottery system.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Key West Montessori Charter School is a district-sanctioned charter school on Key West Island.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The main campus of the <a href="/wiki/College_of_the_Florida_Keys" title="College of the Florida Keys">College of the Florida Keys</a> (formerly Florida Keys Community College) is located in Key West.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Key_West&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Key_West,_Florida" title="List of people from Key West, Florida">List of people from Key West, Florida</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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href="#cite_ref-77">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Official records for Key West were kept at the Weather Bureau in downtown from January 1871 to February 1958, and at Key West Int'l since March 1958. 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ACME Labs. <q>Zoom out, drag map until the center pointer is on the Cuban coast, zoom in and adjust position, then click the 'Markers' button at bottom right of map. Units can be changed via the 'Options' button.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=ACME+Mapper&rft.pub=ACME+Labs&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmapper.acme.com%2F%3Fll%3D24.54410%2C-81.80486%26z%3D12%26t%3DM%26marker0%3D24.54410%2C-81.80486%2CKey%2520West&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKey+West" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NHS-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-NHS_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NHS_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gccalc.shtml">"Latitude/Longitude Distance Calculator"</a>. <a href="/wiki/National_Hurricane_Center" title="National Hurricane Center">National Hurricane Center</a>. <q>Coordinates used for Key West (the Whitehead Spit): 24.54410 (N), 81.80486 (W), and for Cuba (a <a href="/wiki/Headland" title="Headland">headland</a> just west of <a href="/wiki/Santa_Cruz_del_Norte" title="Santa Cruz del Norte">Santa Cruz del Norte</a>): 23.18375 (N), 82.0003 (W).</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Latitude%2FLongitude+Distance+Calculator&rft.pub=National+Hurricane+Center&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nhc.noaa.gov%2Fgccalc.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKey+West" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-GR6-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-GR6_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx">"Find a County"</a>. 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"Inventing the Conch Republic: The Creation of Key West as an Escape from Modern America", <i>Florida Historical Quarterly</i> (Fall 2009) 88#2 pp. 139–172. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/20700280">20700280</a>.</li> <li>Boulard, Garry. <span style="padding-right:.15em;">"</span>'State of Emergency': Key West in the Great Depression". <i>Florida Historical Quarterly</i> (Oct. 1988) Vol. 67, No. 2, pp. 166–183. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/30147949">30147949</a>.</li> <li>Levy, Philip. <span style="padding-right:.15em;">"</span>'The Most Exotic of Our Cities': Race, Place, Writing, and George Allan England's Key West". <i>Florida Historical Quarterly</i> (Spring 2011), Vol. 89, No. 4: 469–499. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/23035914">23035914</a>.</li> <li>Ogle, Maureen. <i>Key West: History of an Island of Dreams</i> (University Press of Florida, 2003). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780813026152" title="Special:BookSources/9780813026152">9780813026152</a>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/487590196">487590196</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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Allerton (shipwreck)">Isaac Allerton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Maine_(1889)" title="USS Maine (1889)">USS Main (1898)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_Florida_Keys_hurricane" title="1909 Florida Keys hurricane">1909 Florida Keys hurricane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overseas_Railroad" title="Overseas Railroad">Overseas Railroad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919_Florida_Keys_hurricane" title="1919 Florida Keys hurricane">1919 Florida Keys hurricane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_Labor_Day_hurricane" title="1935 Labor Day hurricane">1935 Labor Day hurricane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overseas_Highway" title="Overseas Highway">Overseas Highway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cubana_de_Aviaci%C3%B3n_Flight_493" title="Cubana de Aviación Flight 493">Cubana de Aviación Flight 493</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conch_Republic" title="Conch Republic">Conch Republic</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="By_topic8" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By topic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Key_West,_Florida" title="List of mayors of Key West, Florida">List of mayors of Key West, Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Key_West,_Florida" title="List of people from Key West, Florida">List of people from Key West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrecking_(shipwreck)" title="Wrecking (shipwreck)">Wrecking in the Florida Keys</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FF9C1A;width:1%">Areas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;color: #000033;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fleming_Key" title="Fleming Key">Fleming Key</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sigsbee_Park" title="Sigsbee Park">Sigsbee Park</a> (Dredgers Key)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stock_Island" title="Stock Island">Stock Island</a> (northern part is in the municipality of Key West)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunset_Key" title="Sunset Key">Sunset Key</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trumbo_Point" title="Trumbo Point">Trumbo Point</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Neighborhoods_in_Key_West,_Florida" title="Neighborhoods in Key West, Florida">Neighborhoods</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Key_West_Historic_District" title="Key West Historic District">Key West Historic District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Truman_Annex" title="Truman Annex">Truman Annex</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FF9C1A;width:1%">Education</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;color: #000033;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Monroe_County_School_District_(Florida)" title="Monroe County School District (Florida)">Monroe County School District</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Key_West_High_School" title="Key West High School">Key West HS</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_College_of_the_Florida_Keys" class="mw-redirect" title="The College of the Florida Keys">The College of the Florida Keys</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FF9C1A;width:1%">Religion</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;color: #000033;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Basilica_of_St._Mary_Star_of_the_Sea_(Key_West,_Florida)" title="Basilica of St. Mary Star of the Sea (Key West, Florida)">Basilica of St. Mary Star of the Sea</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FF9C1A;width:1%">Landmarks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;color: #000033;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Armory_(Key_West)" title="The Armory (Key West)">The Armory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Audubon_House_and_Tropical_Gardens" title="Audubon House and Tropical Gardens">Audubon House and Tropical Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Captain_Tony%27s_Saloon" title="Captain Tony's Saloon">Captain Tony's Saloon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duval_Street" title="Duval Street">Duval Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Fisher_Maritime_Heritage_Museum" title="Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Museum">Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fogarty_Mansion_(Fogarty_House)" title="Fogarty Mansion (Fogarty House)">Fogarty Mansion</a> (Fogarty House)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eduardo_H._Gato_House" title="Eduardo H. Gato House">Eduardo H. Gato House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway_House" title="Ernest Hemingway House">Ernest Hemingway House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_the_Tree" title="Fred the Tree">Fred the Tree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Key_West_Aquarium" title="Key West Aquarium">Key West Aquarium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Key_West_Bight" title="Key West Bight">Key West Bight</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Western_Union_(schooner)" title="Western Union (schooner)">Western Union</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Key_West_Butterfly_and_Nature_Conservatory" title="Key West Butterfly and Nature Conservatory">Key West Butterfly and Nature Conservatory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Key_West_Cemetery" title="Key West Cemetery">Key West Cemetery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Key_West_Heritage_House_Museum_and_Robert_Frost_Cottage" title="Key West Heritage House Museum and Robert Frost Cottage">Key West Heritage House Museum and Robert Frost Cottage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Key_West_Lighthouse" title="Key West Lighthouse">Key West Lighthouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Key_West_Shipwreck_Museum" title="Key West Shipwreck Museum">Key West Shipwreck Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Key_West_Tropical_Forest_%26_Botanical_Garden" title="Key West Tropical Forest & Botanical Garden">Key West Tropical Forest & Botanical Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mallory_Square" title="Mallory Square">Mallory Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Post_Office_and_Customshouse_(Key_West,_Florida)" title="Old Post Office and Customshouse (Key West, Florida)">Old Post Office and Customshouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Peacon_House" title="Richard Peacon House">Richard Peacon House</a> (Octagon House)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_of_Key_West" title="Port of Key West">Port of Key West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dr._Joseph_Y._Porter_House" title="Dr. Joseph Y. Porter House">Dr. Joseph Y. Porter House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sloppy_Joe%27s" title="Sloppy Joe's">Sloppy Joe's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solares_Hill" title="Solares Hill">Solares Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southernmost_House" title="Southernmost House">Southernmost House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Studios_of_Key_West" title="The Studios of Key West">The Studios of Key West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thompson_Fish_House,_Turtle_Cannery_and_Kraals" title="Thompson Fish House, Turtle Cannery and Kraals">Thompson Fish House, Turtle Cannery and Kraals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman_Little_White_House" title="Harry S. Truman Little White House">Harry S. 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Fest">Fantasy Fest</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background: #FF9C1A"><div>This list is incomplete.<br />Note <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Key_West" title="Naval Air Station Key West">Naval Air Station Key West</a> is nearby.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Florida_Keys106" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background: #FF9C1A"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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#000033;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Soldier_Key" title="Soldier Key">Soldier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ragged_Keys" title="Ragged Keys">Ragged</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boca_Chita_Key" title="Boca Chita Key">Boca Chita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sands_Key" title="Sands Key">Sands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elliott_Key" title="Elliott Key">Elliott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adams_Key" title="Adams Key">Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caesar%27s_Rock" title="Caesar's Rock">Caesar's Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meig%27s_Key" title="Meig's Key">Meig's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rubicon_Keys" title="Rubicon Keys">Rubicon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reid_Key" title="Reid Key">Reid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Porgy_Key" title="Porgy Key">Porgy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Totten_Key" title="Totten Key">Totten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Rhodes_Key" title="Old Rhodes Key">Old Rhodes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islandia,_Florida" title="Islandia, 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Key">Windley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Matecumbe_Key" title="Upper Matecumbe Key">Upper Matecumbe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_Table_Key" title="Tea Table Key">Tea Table</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Key_State_Historic_Site" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Key State Historic Site">Indian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lignumvitae_Key" title="Lignumvitae Key">Lignumvitae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Matecumbe_Key" title="Lower Matecumbe Key">Lower Matecumbe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamorada,_Florida" title="Islamorada, Florida">Islamorada</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FF9C1A;width:1%">Middle keys</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;color: #000033;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Key" title="Craig Key">Craig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiesta_Key" title="Fiesta Key">Fiesta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_Key" title="Long Key">Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Layton,_Florida" title="Layton, Florida">Layton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conch_Key,_Florida" title="Conch Key, Florida">Conch</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Little_Conch_Key" title="Little Conch Key">Little</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duck_Key" title="Duck Key">Duck Key</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Duck_Key" title="Duck Key">Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duck_Key,_Florida" title="Duck Key, Florida">CDP</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grassy_Key" title="Grassy Key">Grassy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crawl_Key" title="Crawl Key">Crawl</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Little_Crawl_Key" title="Little Crawl Key">Little</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_Point_Key" title="Long Point Key">Long Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fat_Deer_Key" title="Fat Deer Key">Fat Deer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Key_Vaca" title="Key Vaca">Vaca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marathon,_Florida" title="Marathon, Florida">Marathon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Key_Colony_Beach,_Florida" title="Key Colony Beach, Florida">Key Colony Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boot_Key" title="Boot Key">Boot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knights_Key" title="Knights Key">Knights</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FF9C1A;width:1%">Lower keys</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;color: #000033;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pigeon_Key" title="Pigeon Key">Pigeon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Money_Key" title="Money Key">Money</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Duck_Key" title="Little Duck Key">Little Duck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Key" title="Missouri Key">Missouri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohio_Key" title="Ohio Key">Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunshine_Key" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunshine Key">Sunshine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bahia_Honda_Key" title="Bahia Honda Key">Bahia 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href="/wiki/Park_Key" title="Park Key">Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Sugarloaf_Key" title="Lower Sugarloaf Key">Lower Sugarloaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saddlebunch_Keys" title="Saddlebunch Keys">Saddlebunch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shark_Key" title="Shark Key">Shark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geiger_Key" title="Geiger Key">Geiger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Coppitt_Key" title="Big Coppitt Key">Big Coppitt</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Big_Coppitt_Key" title="Big Coppitt Key">Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Coppitt_Key,_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Coppitt Key, Florida">CDP</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Rockland_Key" title="East Rockland Key">East Rockland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockland_Key" title="Rockland Key">Rockland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boca_Chica_Key" title="Boca Chica Key">Boca Chica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Key_Haven,_Florida" title="Key Haven, Florida">Raccoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stock_Island" title="Stock 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