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Key West is a city an an island of the same name near the southernmost tip of the Florida Keys in Monroe County, Florida, United States. The city encompasses the namesake island, the part of Stock Island north of US-1 (the Overseas Highway) (east), Sigsbee Park (north, originally known as Dredgers Key), Fleming Key (north), and Sunset Key (west, originally known as Tank Island). Nearby Key Haven (northeast), the part of Stock Island south of US-1 (east) and Wisteria Island, better known as Christmas Tree Island (northwest), are in unincorporated Monroe County. Both Fleming Key and Sigsbee Park are part of the NAS Key West and are inaccessible by civilians.

Trivia about key west

  • Attractions in this Florida city include the homes of Ernest Hemingway & John Jacob Audubon
  • The Florida Keys stretch some 150 miles from Virginia Key, near Miami Beach, to this one
  • A museum in this southernmost city in the continental U.S. displays Florida's lighthouse history
  • 2 Civil War forts were built on this western island of the Florida Keys
  • Tennessee Williams lived in this Florida city for decades, & a fine arts center there is named for him
  • It's the last island as you travel the Florida Keys on U.S. 1 south
  • In 1912 Henry Flagler rode the first train that linked the U.S. mainland to this, the southernmost city in Florida
  • Descendants of Hemingway's beloved 6-toed cat abound in his home on Whitehead Street in this Florida city
  • The very farthest west you can drive in the Florida Keys is to this island
  • Anyone born on this southern U.S. island is called a conch, also a delicacy there, like stone crab claws
  • Reserved for commercial radio stations, K & W can't begin IDs, so "EYW" serves this southernmost city in the cont. U.S.
  • A conch shell blowing contest is held annually in this southern Florida city whose people are called Conchs
  • The southernmost city in the continental United States is located here, on this coral island about 100 miles from the mainland
  • Harry Truman chose this Florida island locale for his "Little White House" in 1946
  • This southernmost Florida town, population 25,000, takes its name from Cayo Hueso, or "Bone Island" in Spanish

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