Totten('s) Key

Scope Note:

Probably named for General James E. Totten who was Chief of Engineers for the U.S. Army. In 1848, Totten was in charge of a survey of the Florida coast concentrating on Biscayne Bay.

Geographic Location:

Located in south Biscayne Bay, just west of Old Rhodes Key.

References:

U.S. Coast Survey chart #68, Florida Reefs, Key Biscayne to Carysfort Reef (1858) has Totten's Key.