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Joe Kemp Key
Geographic Location
Located one mile ESE of Flamingo.
Reference
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.
Scope Note
Previously known as Irwin's Key after Sarah
Elizabeth
Irwin, who homesteaded here prior to Joe Kemp's
arrival in 1916.
Historical name
