Alligator Key

Scope Note:

There is an account in Lippincott's Magazine of 1874 of a group of tourists who went ashore on Alligator Key. Both Alligator Reef and Key are named for the U.S.S. Alligator, a U.S. Navy schooner which was wrecked here in 1822. The wrecksite has been placed on National Register of Historic Places.

Geographic Location:

Dry land does not appear at this location on modern charts.

References:

The Military Map of the Peninsula of Florida South of Tampa, dated April 1856 shows a dry key by this name located on Alligator Reef. This key is unnamed on current charts.