Johnstons Key

Earlier name:

Great Palmetto Island

Johnsons Island

Johnsons Key

Geographic Location:

 

Located three miles northwest of Sugarloaf Key.

References:

 

Named Great Palmetto Island on the charts of both Gauld (1775) and Blunt (1846). Gerdes, in his "Reconnaissance of the Florida Reefs and all the Keys" (1849) states, "Great Palmetto Id. is called Johnsons Id." Charles Torrey Simpson's "In Lower Florida Wilds" (1920) contains a chart which shows Johnsons Key.

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