Ramrod Key

Ramrod Key is an island in the lower Florida Keys.^[1][2][3] Originally named Roberts Island, Ramrod Key was renamed for a ship named Ramrod, which was wrecked on a reef south of there in the early nineteenth century.

Ramrod Key

The west side of Ramrod Key as seen from the Niles Channel Bridge
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Geography
Location	Gulf of Mexico
Coordinates	24.6568°N 81.4132°W / 24.6568; -81.4132
Administration
United States
State	Florida
County	Monroe

Description

Until the construction of U.S. Route 1 in the 1920s, the only building on Ramrod was a post office that was alongside the train tracks. U.S. 1 (or the Overseas Highway) crosses Ramrod Key at approximately mile markers 26–27.5, between Summerland Key and Middle Torch Key.

Ramrod Key is a popular tourist site due to the short distance between the island and Looe Key. Current (2014) commercial enterprises of visitor interest include a dive shop-hotel-bar/restaurant complex, numerous sport fishing charters^[4] ,a bar/restaurant and miniature golf complex, a gas station-grocery, and a Cuban deli/grocery.