Knights Key

Knights Key is an island in the middle Florida Keys, located entirely within the borders of the city of Marathon, Florida.[1]

Knights Key
Knights Key
Knights Key
Knights Key
Knights Key
Knights Key (Caribbean)
Geography
LocationGulf of Mexico
Coordinates24.707°N 81.121°W / 24.707; -81.121
Administration
StateFlorida
CountyMonroe

Geography

U.S. 1 (or the Overseas Highway) crosses the key near mile marker 47, at the western end of Key Vaca and eastern end of the Seven Mile Bridge.

History

Before the Key West extension of the Overseas Railroad was completed, Knights Key was the end of the line and a major seaport existed there. A U.S. Post Office was established there in 1908, and operated until June, 1912.[2] A U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey field report written in 1935-36 states: "The key was named after the original settler and is called locally Knights Key."[3]

The campground and "village" at Knights Key were developed by the Kyle family in the 1960s.

Knights Key was a key filming site in the 1989 James Bond film "Licence to Kill" as well as the 1992 Arnold Schwarzenegger film "True Lies."

gollark: I'm sure you're allowed them under the second amendment or something.
gollark: Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. Anything that's invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things.
gollark: There's some Douglas Adams quote...
gollark: But they obviously define "technology" as "*new* technology", and don't include, say, the power grid.
gollark: - an awfully large amount of people

References
  1. Zepke, T. (2017). Terrance Talk Travel: A Pocket Guide to the Florida Keys: Including The Everglades & Key West. Terrance Talks Travel. Safari Publishing. p. pt57. ISBN 978-1-942738-25-1. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
  2. History of Knight's Key Dock
  3. http://keys.fiu.edu/gazetteer/tr311.htm Florida Keys Gazetteer



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