Ramrod Key
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Gulf of Mexico |
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| State | Florida |
| County | Monroe |
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Ramrod Key is an island in the lower Florida Keys.[1][2][3] Originally named Roberts Island, Ramrod Key was renamed for a ship named Ramrod, which was wrecked on a reef south of there in the early nineteenth century.
Description
Until the construction of U.S. Route 1 in the 1920s, the only building on Ramrod was a post office that was alongside the train tracks. U.S. 1 (or the Overseas Highway) crosses Ramrod Key at approximately mile markers 26–27.5, between Summerland Key and Middle Torch Key.
Ramrod Key is a popular tourist site due to the short distance between the island and Looe Key. Current (2014) commercial enterprises of visitor interest include a dive shop-hotel-bar/restaurant complex, numerous sport fishing charters,[4] a bar/restaurant and miniature golf complex, a gas station-grocery, and a Cuban deli/grocery.
References
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- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ramrod Key
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ramrod Key". Key Names. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Embassy Cruising Guide Florida, 6th edition: Waterways of Florida's East Coast, Keys, Okeechobee, and West Coast to Mobile Bay, Alabama. Ebooks2go, Incorporated. 2015. p. 691. ISBN 978-0-7436-1141-1. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ramrod Key 2021: Best of Ramrod Key, FL Tourism". Tripadvisor. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
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