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Ballast Key is an island in the Florida Keys in Monroe County, Florida, United States. It is the southernmost point of land in the contiguous United States. It was the last privately owned land within the boundaries of the Key West National Wildlife Refuge. [1]
The city of Key West is the county seat of Monroe County, which includes a majority of the Florida Keys and part of the Everglades. [10] [11] The total land area of the city is 5.6 square miles (14.5 km 2). [12] The population within the city limits was 26,444 at the 2020 census. [3] The official city motto is "One Human Family".
At the 2010 census the population was 73,090, with an average density of 532.34 per square mile (205.54/km 2), [1] although much of the population is concentrated in a few areas of much higher density, such as the city of Key West, which has 32% of the Keys' total population. The 2014 Census population estimate was 77,136.
Following Spain's secession of Florida to the United States in 1819, the first permanent colonization of Key West began with American possession in 1821. [6] Legal claim of the island occurred with the purchase by businessman, John W. Simonton, in 1822, in which federal property was asserted only three months later with the arrival of U.S. Navy Lieutenant Mathew C. Perry.
Melody Key is a privately owned island in the Florida Keys in Monroe County, Florida, United States. [1] [2] It is 5.5 acres-wide. [1] As of 2012, it was the world's fifth most expensive island. [1] As of January 2017, the island was listed for sale, at an asking price of $7 million. [3]
No Name Key is an island in the lower Florida Keys in the United States. [1] It is 3 miles (4.8 km) from US 1 and sparsely populated, with only 43 homes. It is only about 1,140 acres (460 hectares) [2] in comparison to its larger neighbor, Big Pine Key, which lies about half a mile (800 m) to its west.
The Florida Keys Republican is against a proposal to merge judicial circuits statewide that, if approved by the Legislature, would mean Monroe and Miami-Dade counties would consolidate judges ...
Grassy Key, Florida, is an island in the middle Florida Keys. [1] It is located on U.S. 1 (or the Overseas Highway), near mile markers 57—60, below the Conch Keys. It has an area of 3.65 km², with a population of 974 as of the census 2000. [2] It is one of the northernmost islands in a chain of islands that comprises the City of Marathon ...