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Rachel Key
Geographic Location
Located in Florida Bay, just north of Key Vaca.
Reference
Called Rachel's Key in an article written by James
Buck in 1878.
Scope Note
The 1910 census shows the key to have been
inhabited by a sponger named Joseph Rigby.
Apparently there were two keys here at one time.
A field report written for the U.S. Coast And
Geodetic Survey in 1935-36 states: "These two keys
are called Big Rachel and Little Rachel. At
present Big Rachel is connected by mangrove to the
main key (Vaca?) and the name Rachel Key, when
used, refers to Little Rachel. Both names are well
established."