Cabbage_Key

Cabbage Key

Cabbage Key

Island located in Florida, USA

For Cabbage Key in Pinellas County, see Tierra Verde, Florida.

Cabbage Key is a small island located off of Pine Island, Lee County, Florida. The island is about 100 acres and has a few residences on it.

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The island is only accessible by boat, and in the 1940s, schoolchildren living on the island would be picked up by a boat to be taken to school.[1] The island was named Cabbage Key during this period by residents Larry and Jan Stults.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Lee County Island Children Use Boat To Get To School", The Tampa Tribune (January 2, 1949), p. 14.
  2. [2]
    "Islands Intrigue Many Buyers; Nudists Barred", Fort Myers News-Press (February 18, 1953), Souvenir Issue, p. 4.


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