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Johnstons Key
Geographic Location
Located three miles northwest of Sugarloaf Key.
Reference
Named Great Palmetto Island on the charts of both
Gauld (1775) and Blunt (1846).
Gerdes, in his "Reconnaissance of the Florida
Reefs and all the Keys" (1849) states, "Great
Palmetto Id. is called Johnsons Id."
Charles Torrey Simpson's "In Lower Florida Wilds"
(1920) contains a chart which shows Johnsons Key.
Historical name
