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Tavernier, Florida. / 25.01528°N 80.51361°W / 25.01528; -80.51361. Tavernier is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community in Monroe County, Florida, United States on Key Largo, the largest island in the upper Florida Keys. Tavernier's population was 2,530 at the 2020 census, [2] up from 2,136 in 2010.
Florida Keys. / 24.66694°N 81.54417°W / 24.66694; -81.54417. The Florida Keys are a coral cay archipelago off the southern coast of Florida, forming the southernmost part of the continental United States. They begin at the southeastern coast of the Florida peninsula, about 15 miles (24 km) south of Miami and extend in a gentle arc ...
Fort Jefferson is a former U.S. military coastal fortress in the Dry Tortugas National Park of Florida. It is the largest brick masonry structure in the Americas, [2] [3] covering 16 acres (6.5 ha) and made with over 16 million bricks. [4] Among United States forts, only Fort Monroe in Virginia and Fort Adams in Rhode Island are larger.
July 23 – Tropical Storm Bonnie made landfall near Cutler Bay, Florida as a minimal tropical storm, bringing light rainfall and winds to southern parts of the state. [95] August 10 – Tropical Depression Five developed off the southwest coast, producing high surf that led to two deaths along Anna Maria Island.
Florida's written history begins with the arrival of Europeans; the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León in 1513 made the first textual records. The state received its name from that conquistador , who called the peninsula La Pascua Florida in recognition of the verdant landscape and because it was the Easter season, which the Spaniards called ...
A group of more than a hundred Haitian migrants arrived in a sailboat off the lower Florida Keys on early morning Wednesday, local and federal officials said. The boat arrived about 100 yards (91 ...
Administration. United States. State. Florida. County. Monroe. Plantation Key is an island in Monroe County, Florida, United States. It is located in the upper Florida Keys on U.S. 1 (or the Overseas Highway ), between Key Largo and Windley Key . All of the key is within the Village of Islamorada as of November 4, 1997, when it was incorporated.
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