Jewfish is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Monroe County,

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, United States. It is located in the upper

Florida Keys The Florida Keys are a coral island, coral cay archipelago off the southern coast of Florida, forming the southernmost part of the continental United States. They begin at the southeastern coast of the Florida peninsula, about south of Miami a ...

Key Largo Key Largo () is an island in the upper Florida Keys archipelago and is the largest section of the keys, at long. It is one of the northernmost of the Florida Keys in Monroe County, and the northernmost of the keys connected by U.S. Highway ...

off

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(

Overseas Highway The Overseas Highway is a highway carrying U.S. Route 1 (US 1) through the Florida Keys to Key West. Large parts of it were built on the former right-of-way of the Overseas Railroad, the Key West Extension of the Florida East Coast Ra ...

). It is just west of the

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(CDP) of North Key Largo. It has a hotel, restaurant, and

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History

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

Jewfish Creek Jewfish may refer to: Fish *''Epinephelus itajara'', the Atlantic goliath grouper *''Argyrosomus japonicus'', traditionally known as the mulloway jewfish in eastern Australia *''Tandanus tandanus'', known as the eel-tailed catfish *''Glaucosoma heb ...

, an inlet which is spanned by

Jewfish Creek Bridge The Jewfish Creek Bridge is a beam bridge in the Florida Keys. Spanning both Jewfish Creek and Lake Surprise, it carries the Overseas Highway (U.S. Route 1 in Florida, U.S. Route 1) between the Florida Keys and the Florida mainland. The ...

. In 2002, Monroe County commissioners unanimously declined to rename the inlet.

Geography

Jewfish is located at at an elevation of .Jewfish, FL Community Profile
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