Perky is a

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in Monroe County,

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, United States. It is located in the lower

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Lower Sugarloaf Key Lower Sugarloaf Key is the lower arm of an island known as Sugarloaf Key in the lower Florida Keys about east of Key West. U.S. 1 (or the Overseas Highway) crosses the key at about mile markers 16.5–17.5. Due to the routing of U.S. Route ...

near

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17 on

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(the

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). A post office called Perky was established in 1929, and remained in operation until 1942. The town was named for its founder, R. C. Perky. It is the site of the historic Sugarloaf Key Bat Tower built by Richter Clyde Perky in 1929. The tower was destroyed in 2017 by

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, and the original fishcamp is now a

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and lodge.

Geography

It is located at with an elevation of .Perky, FL Community Profile
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References

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