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Stock Island

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{{About|the island|the census-designated place|Stock Island, Florida}}Stock Island is an island in the lower Florida Keys immediately east of Key West (separated from Key West by Cow Key Channel, which is only about 75 yards (70 m) wide). Immediately northwest is Key Haven (official name Raccoon Key), from which it is connected by causeway with US 1 (the Overseas Highway). The part north of U.S. 1 is part of the City of Key West, while the southern part is a census-designated place (CDP) in Monroe County, Florida, United States.^[1] The population of the CDP was 4,410 at the 2000 census. Stock Island was supposedly named for herds of livestock formerly kept there.^[2] Alternatively, some local historians suggest that it may be named for an early settler.^[3]

Geography

Stock Island is located at {{Coord|24|34|12|N|81|44|15|W|type:city}} (24.570075, -81.737376).^[4]

U.S. 1 (or the Overseas Highway) crosses the key at approximately mile markers 4—6, immediately east of Key West.

The northern side of stock island is home to the Key West Golf Course, Monroe County Detention Center, and the main campus of Florida Keys Community College. The southern side of the island is home to numerous mobile homes and marinas.

References

1. ^Zoning Map. City of Key West. Accessed September 21, 2008.
2. ^{{cite book|author=Federal Writer's Project|title=Florida: A Guide to the Southern-Most State|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6LjWg4xHKVUC&pg=PA335|year=1939|publisher=WPA|isbn=978-1-60354-009-4|page=335}}
3. ^http://keys.fiu.edu/gazetteer/00000611.htm "Key Names" Florida Keys Gazetteer {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720154953/http://keys.fiu.edu/gazetteer/00000611.htm |date=July 20, 2008 }}
4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}

{{Florida Keys}}{{coord|24.5733|-81.7433|type:isle_globe:earth_region:US-FL|display=title}}

3 : Islands of Monroe County, Florida|Islands of the Florida Keys|Islands of Florida

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