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Big Coppitt Key
Geographic Location
Located on U.S. Highway 1, at approximately mile
markers 10-11, between East Rockland Key and the
Saddlebunch Keys.
Scope Note
The name is said to be a derivation of the old
English word "coppice," meaning thicket.
According to A.D. Bache, in the notes for his
coast survey conducted in 1861, this key was the
location of Happy Jack's plantation in 1855. (See
Happy Jack Key.)
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