Jewfish,_Florida

Jewfish, Florida

Jewfish, Florida

Unincorporated community in Florida, United States

Jewfish is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, Florida, United States. It is located in the upper Florida Keys on Key Largo off U.S. Route 1 (Overseas Highway). It is just west of the census-designated place (CDP) of North Key Largo.

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It has a hotel, restaurant, and marina.

History

A post office called Jewfish was established in 1912, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1921.[1] The community took its name from the jewfish, a type of saltwater fish considered a delicacy.[2]

Jewfish is adjacent to Jewfish Creek, an inlet which is spanned by Jewfish Creek Bridge. In 2002, Monroe County commissioners unanimously declined to rename the inlet.[3]

Geography

Jewfish is located at 25.184°N 80.388°W / 25.184; -80.388 at an elevation of 3 feet (1 m).[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Monroe County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
  2. [2]
    Monmonier, Mark (September 15, 2008). From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow: How Maps Name, Claim, and Inflame. University of Chicago Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-226-53464-0.
  3. [3]
    John-Thor Dahlburg, "Fish Lends Its Name, Name Gives Offense: The 'jewfish' has been renamed, and now a federal panel has been asked to do the same for a Florida creek that borrowed the epithet.", Los Angeles Times, December 1, 2002. Retrieved September 13, 2017. http://articles.latimes.com/2002/dec/01/nation/na-fish1
  4. [4]
    Jewfish, FL Community Profile

25.184°N 80.388°W / 25.184; -80.388


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