Mangrove Key

Earlier name:

Mahogany Key

Scope Note:

 

The log of the U.S. Revenue Cutter Campbell for Sept 7, 1832, shows that she anchored at Mangrove Key on that date.

Geographic Location:

 

A small key located just north of Mangrove Point in lower Biscayne Bay.

References:

 

The Gerdes survey (1849) shows Mahogany Key here. U.S. Coast Survey Sketch F of 1860 shows Mahogany Key at this location.

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