No Name Key
{{Short description|Island in the lower Florida Keys, United States}}
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| country_admin_divisions_1 = Monroe
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No Name Key is an island in the lower Florida Keys in the United States.{{cite book |last=Viele |first=J. |title=The Florida Keys: A History of the Pioneers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aQ_6HvnB3rkC&pg=PA122 |publisher=Pineapple Press |series=Florida's history through its places |year=1996 |page=122 |access-date=September 7, 2017 |isbn=978-1-56164-101-7}} It is {{convert|3|mi|km}} from US 1 and sparsely populated, with only 43 homes. It is only about {{convert|1140|acre|ha|abbr=off}} {{cite web |last=Wilkinson |first=Jerry |title=History of no Name Key |url=http://www.keyshistory.org/NoNameKey-Test.html |website=Keys Historeum |publisher=Historical Preservation Society of the Upper Keys |date=2013 |access-date=7 May 2019}} in comparison to its larger neighbor, Big Pine Key, which lies about half a mile (800 m) to its west. It is accessible by a concrete bridge from Big Pine Key and was the terminus of a car ferry that existed before the present Overseas Highway was built on the remains of Flagler's Overseas Railroad.{{cite news |title=Tiny Fla. Island Debates Joining Electric Grid |url=https://www.npr.org/2010/11/23/131543151/tiny-fla-island-debates-joining-electric-grid |publisher=NPR |date=2010-11-23 |access-date=2010-11-23}}
Electricity
No Name Key was known for not being connected to the commercial power grid, for a local county ordinance prohibited this. Residents mostly used a combination of solar energy and diesel or gas generators.{{cite book |last=Keith |first=J. |title=June Keith's Key West & The Florida Keys: A Guide to the Coral Islands |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yFaSBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA308 |publisher=Palm Island Press |year=2014 |page=308 |access-date=September 7, 2017 |isbn=978-0-9743524-9-7}}
This prohibition of commercial electricity sparked a lawsuit between Monroe County and the No Name Key property owners. In May 2013, the Florida Public Service Commission exercised its jurisdiction over public utilities and issued Order PSC-13-0207-PAA-EM declaring the residents had a right to commercial electrical power. A week later, the circuit court issued a writ of mandamus ordering the county to issue the permits necessary to connect the residential homes to the commercial electric grid.
On May 29, 2013, the decades-long battle over electricity ended as the residents began connecting to the commercial electric grid.
Flora and fauna
Native fauna of No Name Key include the endangered Key deer.{{cite book |last=Hunt |first=B. |title=Visiting Small-Town Florida |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bfunmsOv5yYC&pg=PA21 |publisher=Pineapple Press, Incorporated |year=2011 |page=21 |access-date=September 7, 2017 |isbn=978-1-56164-488-9}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.keyshistory.org/NoNameKey-Test.html History of No Name Key]
- [http://www.keyshistory.org/bigpinekey.html History of Big Pine Key]
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Category:Islands of the Florida Keys