Duck Key is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Monroe County,Florida,United States,on an island of the same name in the middle Florida Keys. The CDP also includes the neighboring island of Conch Key. As of the 2020 census,the CDP had a population of 727,up from 621 in 2010.
Key West is an island in the Straits of Florida,within the U.S. state of Florida. Together with all or parts of the separate islands of Dredgers Key,Fleming Key,Sunset Key,and the northern part of Stock Island,it constitutes the City of Key West.
The Conch Republic is a micronation declared as a secession of the city of Key West,Florida,from the United States on April 23,1982. It has been maintained as a tourism booster for the city. Since then,the term "Conch Republic" has been expanded to refer to "all of the Florida Keys,or,that geographic apportionment of land that falls within the legally defined boundaries of Monroe County,Florida,northward to 'Skeeter's Last Chance Saloon' in Florida City,Dade County,Florida,with Key West as the micronation's capital and all territories north of Key West being referred to as 'The Northern Territories'".
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 an arc south-southwest and then westward to Key West,the westernmost of the inhabited islands,and on to the uninhabited Dry Tortugas. The islands lie along the Florida Straits,dividing the Atlantic Ocean to the east from the Gulf of Mexico to the northwest,and defining one edge of Florida Bay. The southern part of Key West is 93 miles (150 km) from Cuba. The Keys are located between about 24.3 and 25.5 degrees North latitude.
Conch is a common name of a number of different medium-to-large-sized sea snails. Conch shells typically have a high spire and a noticeable siphonal canal.
The Republic of Texas is a general term for several organizations,some of which have been called militia groups,that claim the annexation of Texas by the United States was illegal and that Texas remains an independent nation to this day but is under occupation. The issue of the legal status of Texas led the group to claim to have reinstated a provisional government on December 13,1995. Activists within the movement claim over 40,000 active supporters,and public opinion polls have shown significant support for the secession of Texas or other states. A September 2014 Reuters/Ipsos poll found over 34% of people in southwestern states favored their own state seceding from the United States. So far,however,supporters have not managed to turn these public sentiments into concrete moves toward an independent Texas.
USS Key West (SSN-722),a Los Angeles-class submarine,is the third ship of the United States Navy to be named after Key West,Florida.
Bahamian Americans are an ethnic group of Caribbean Americans of Bahamian ancestry. There are an estimated 56,797 people of Bahamian ancestry living in the US as of 2019.
Conch was originally a slang term for Bahamians of European descent.
Conch Key is an island and unincorporated community in Monroe County,Florida,United States,located in the middle Florida Keys. U.S. 1 crosses the key at approximately mile markers 62–63,between Long and Duck Keys. It is part of the census-designated place of Duck Key.
The Southernmost Point Buoy is an anchored concrete buoy in Key West,Florida that claims to mark the southernmost point in the continental United States —though it is neither the true southernmost point of the continental US nor of Key West —and was established as a tourist attraction by the city on September 10,1983. The large painted buoy is 18 feet (5.5 m) above sea level at the corner of South Street and Whitehead Street.
In the context of the United States,secession primarily refers to the voluntary withdrawal of one or more states from the Union that constitutes the United States;but may loosely refer to leaving a state or territory to form a separate territory or new state,or to the severing of an area from a city or county within a state. Advocates for secession are called disunionists by their contemporaries in various historical documents.
Tony Tarracino,commonly called Captain Tony,was an American saloonkeeper,boat captain,politician,gambler,and storyteller in Key West,Florida. He was a well-known personality in the city and has been called "arguably the city's most beloved resident" and "the conscience of Key West."
Texas secession movements,also known as the Texas Independence movement or Texit,refers to both the secession of Texas during the American Civil War as well as activities of modern organizations supporting such efforts to secede from the United States and become an independent sovereign state.
Little Conch Key is an island in Monroe County,Florida,United States. Little Conch Key is also known as Walker's Island.
Chef Distilled is an American rum distillery founded in 2013 by Paul Joseph Menta in Key West,Florida,in the former Coca-Cola bottling plant on 105 Simonton St. The rum is distilled on site in two custom-made copper pot stills made by Vendome Copper and Brass Works in Louisville,Kentucky.
Wilhelmina Celeste Goehring Harvey was a philanthropist and the first female mayor of Monroe County,Florida. A "grand dame of Keys politics",she was frequently a public face of the Conch Republic. Outside of politics,she was a science teacher and scuba diver.
Joseph "Bum" Farto was a fire chief and convicted drug dealer in Key West,Florida,who disappeared in 1976. He was one of several politically connected Key West individuals arrested as part of a sting operation known as Operation Conch. Farto disappeared shortly after his conviction and was declared dead in absentia in 1986. His life and disappearance has been the subject of a 2020 podcast series and a 2021 Pamela Stephenson play.
