No Name Key

No Name Key
True Key Deer on No Name Key in the Florida Keys.

No Name Key is an island located in the lower Florida Keys in the United States. It is 3 miles from US 1 and sparsely populated with only 43 homes. It is a fairly small island in comparison to its neighbor, Big Pine Key, which lies about a half mile to its west. It is accessible by a concrete bridge that connects the small island with Big Pine Key and was the terminus of a car ferry that existed before the present Overseas Highway was built on the remains of Flagler's Overseas Railroad.[1]

No Name Key is known for not being connected to the power grid. Residents mostly use solar energy supplemented by diesel or gas generators which has limited development of the key. Only recently have plans been approved to give the residents the option of being connected to the electrical grid.[2]

Its native residents include the endangered Key Deer.[1].

Paramilitary uses

In 1962-1963 No Name Key was the headquarters of a group of anti-Castro activists known as the Interpen, or Intercontinental Penetration Force, led by a prior-service Marine named Gerry Patrick Hemming, who had worked with the Castro forces in Cuba in 1959-1960.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Tiny Fla. Island Debates Joining Electric Grid". NPR. 2010-11-23. http://www.npr.org/2010/11/23/131543151/tiny-fla-island-debates-joining-electric-grid. Retrieved 2010-11-23. 
  2. ^ National Public Radio, Grid Debate
  3. ^ Tom Dunkin, Intrigue at No Name Key

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Coordinates: 24°41′33″N 81°19′34″W / 24.692606°N -81.326036°E / 24.692606; -81.326036


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