Joe Kemp Key

Earlier name:

Irwin's Key

Ridgley's Key

Scope Note:

 

Previously known as Irwin's Key after Sarah Elizabeth Irwin, who homesteaded here prior to Joe Kemp's arrival in 1916.

Geographic Location:

 

Located one mile ESE of Flamingo.

References:

 

Called Ridgley's Key in a U.S. Army report (with map) from 1857, during operations against the Seminoles. Mentioned as Joe Kemp's Key in a 1916 journal written by John Kunkle Small,"The Cruise of the Barbee". A map published in Charles Torrey Simpson's " In Lower Florida Wilds" (1920) shows Joe Kemp's Key.

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