Boot Key is an island in the middle

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located adjacent to

Key Vaca Key Vaca is an island in the middle Florida Keys, located entirely within the borders of the city of Marathon, Florida. Geography Key Vaca is located in between Fat Deer Key and Knight's Key. Vaca Key was also connected via bridge to Boot Ke ...

. Boot Key is within the city limits of

Marathon, Florida Marathon is a city spread over Knight's Key, Boot Key, Key Vaca, Fat Deer Key, Long Point Key, Crawl Key and Grassy Key islands in the middle of the Florida Keys, in Monroe County, Florida, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a to ...

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. The island is largely undeveloped. A draw bridge that once connected the island to Key Vaca was demolished by the city in 2010 after failing FDOT's inspection. "Boot Key has been protected from development since 2011 by

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’s Coastal & Estuarine Land Conservation Program." Immediately adjacent to Boot Key is a tract of land from which the United States Government broadcasts

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. These broadcasts consist of anti-communist news and information directed towards residents of

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, in an attempt to support opposition against the Cuban government. A hawk watch is conducted every fall on Boot Key.

Education

It is in the Monroe County School District. It is zoned to Stanley Switick Elementary School (K-8) in Marathon.
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