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Reid Key is a small island north of the upper
Florida Keys The Florida Keys are a coral cay archipelago located 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, and e ...
in
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. It is in
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and
Totten Key Totten Key is an island of the upper Florida Keys in Biscayne National Park. It is in Miami-Dade County, Florida. It is located in southern Biscayne Bay, just west of Old Rhodes Key. History It was probably named for General Joseph Totten who ...
, just east of the southern tip of
Elliott Key Elliott Key is the northernmost of the true Florida Keys (those 'keys' which are ancient coral reefs lifted above the present sea level), and the largest key north of Key Largo. It is located entirely within Biscayne National Park, in Miami-Dade ...
, and in between the Rubicon Keys and
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. It is on the south side of Caesar Creek, the creek that separates Elliott and Old Rhodes Keys.


History

It was named for an early settler. The Bache Coast Survey of 1861 shows Reid's Key."Key Names" Florida Keys Gazetteer


References

Uninhabited islands of Miami-Dade County, Florida Biscayne National Park Islands of Florida Islands of the Florida Keys {{monroeCountyFL-geo-stub