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Teatable Key
Geographic Location
Located oceanside of, and connected by a causeway
to, U.S. highway 1at MM??? between Upper and Lower
Matecumbe Keys.
Reference
DeBrahm chart (1772) shows Boys.
George Gauld, (1775) has Umbrella Kay.
U.S. Navy papers written in 1840 call the key
Teatable.
Blunt chart (1846) shows Umbrella Kay.
Gerdes (1849) states: "Umbrella Kay is called
Tea-Table Kay."
Scope Note
Gauld (1775) wrote: "The small key off the west
end of New Matacumbe has a remarkable single tree
at the south end of it like an umbrella."
Teatable Key is the site of a former U.S. Navy
depot and hospital, (Fort Paulding) most notably
around the time of the Indian attack on Indian Key
(1840).
Once owned by Mr. Howe, of Indian Key.
Historical name
