Ramrod Key

{{Short description|Island in the lower Florida Keys, United States}}

{{Infobox islands

| name = Ramrod Key

| native_name =

| native_name_link =

| native_name_lang =

| sobriquet =

| image_name = Ramrod Key.jpg

| image_size =

| image_caption = The west side of Ramrod Key as seen from the Niles Channel Bridge

| image_alt =

| image_map =

| map_alt =

| map_size =

| map_caption =

| pushpin_map = Florida#Caribbean

| pushpin_label =

| pushpin_label_position = left

| pushpin_map_alt =

| pushpin_relief = 1

| pushpin_map_caption = Ramrod Key

| coordinates = {{Coord|24.6568|N|81.4132|W|type:isle_region:US-FL|display=it}}

| etymology =

| location = Gulf of Mexico

| grid_reference =

| archipelago =

| waterbody =

| total_islands =

| major_islands =

| area_km2 =

| area_footnotes =

| rank =

| length_km =

| length_footnotes =

| width_km =

| width_footnotes =

| coastline_km =

| coastline_footnotes =

| elevation_m =

| elevation_footnotes =

| highest_mount =

| country = {{USA}}

| country_admin_divisions_title = State

| country_admin_divisions = Florida

| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = County

| country_admin_divisions_1 = Monroe

| country_admin_divisions_title_2 =

| country_admin_divisions_2 =

| country_capital_type =

| country_capital =

| country_largest_city_type =

| country_largest_city =

| country_capital_and_largest_city =

| country_largest_city_population =

| country_leader_title =

| country_leader_name =

| country_area_km2 =

| demonym =

| population =

| population_as_of =

| population_footnotes =

| population_rank =

| population_rank_max =

| density_km2 =

| density_rank =

| density_footnotes =

| languages =

| ethnic_groups =

| timezone1 =

| utc_offset1 =

| timezone1_DST =

| utc_offset1_DST =

| website =

| additional_info =

| footnotes =

}}

Ramrod Key is an island in the lower Florida Keys.{{GNIS|289458}}{{cite web|title=Ramrod Key|url=http://keys.fiu.edu/gazetteer/tr531.htm|website=Key Names|access-date=2 January 2016|ref=gazetteer}}{{cite book | title=Embassy Cruising Guide Florida, 6th edition: Waterways of Florida's East Coast, Keys, Okeechobee, and West Coast to Mobile Bay, Alabama | publisher=Ebooks2go, Incorporated | year=2015 | isbn=978-0-7436-1141-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M70lCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT691 | access-date=September 7, 2017 | page=691}} Originally named Roberts Island, Ramrod Key was renamed for a ship named Ramrod, which was wrecked on a reef south of there in the early nineteenth century.