Welcome to Key West ...The coastal city of Key West is located in the Florida Keys. Key West is located in Monroe County<1> and is the County Seat for Monroe County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Key West, you might consider that their post office opened in 1829. When the people of Key West refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Key Wester<2> From the Census Estimates for 2019, Key West has a population of 24,024 people<3> (see below for details). The community of Key West is near sea level<4>. Time Zone: Key West lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Key West: 305, 645 & 786<5> The ZIP codes for Key West: 33040-33041, 33045<6> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Key West had an population of 24,024 people. This is a decrease of 2.54% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 5.71% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Key West had a population of 24,649 people (or 33.66% of the total population of Monroe County). This makes Key West the county's most populous community. The population of Key West represents 0.13% of the population of Florida (which has 18,801,310 people), making it the state's 91st most populous community. With a 2010 count of 24,649 people, the population of Key West decreased 3.25% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 25,478 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Key West. Communities Also Named Key West ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Key West - they are located in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Nevada and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Key West. Websites for Key West ...Official Website: www.keywestcity.com/ Chamber of Commerce: www.keywestchamber.org/ Communities near Key West ...We have created a list of 8 communities that are near Key West.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Key West. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Key West. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Key West. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Key West. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Key West. Our list includes 51 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Key West. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Key West ...Looking for more information about Key West? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Key West, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Key West. Adding Key West to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Key West in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Key West was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<9> We also found Key West in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Key West. Footnotes ...
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