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Little_Conch_Key Latitude and Longitude:

24°47′05″N 80°53′48″W / 24.784689°N 80.896711°W / 24.784689; -80.896711
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Little Conch Key
U.S. Census Bureau map of Duck Key CDP showing boundaries which include Little Conch Key
Little Conch Key is located in Florida
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Geography
Location Gulf of Mexico
Coordinates 24°47′05″N 80°53′48″W / 24.784689°N 80.896711°W / 24.784689; -80.896711
Archipelago Florida Keys
Adjacent to Florida Straits
Administration
State Florida
County Monroe

Little Conch Key is an island in Monroe County, Florida, United States. Little Conch Key is also known as Walker's Island. [1]

History

The first notable mention and use of the name Conch Key is by F. W. Gerdes in his Reconnaissance of the Florida Reefs and All the Keys in 1849, "The first islands between Duck Key and Viper Id. Long Key are named Conch Keys." This was in reference to Little Conch, at the time named Walker Key.

Geography

It is located in the middle Florida Keys. U.S. 1 (the Overseas Highway) crosses the key at approximately mile marker 62.2, between Duck Key and Conch Key. It is part of the census-designated place of Duck Key. [2]

Sign for 'Conch Key Cottages' on Little Conch Key

References

  1. ^ History of Walker's Island
  2. ^ "History of Conch Key". Keys History. Retrieved 23 October 2023.