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History · Duck Key

Half of Duck Key’s homes were built after 1985

Most of Duck Key was built recently: 0.6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1985. Below: 5 old photos and papers.

0on the National Register
0.6%homes built before 1940
5old photos & papers
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What stands out about Duck Key’s past

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Mystery photos5 old photos have no date. Neighbors can guess the decade.
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Decades since 1900 with photos
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Date a photo5 archive items have no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewDuck Key Bridges: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Duck Key, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Duck Key yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Duck Key is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Monroe County, Florida, United States, on an island of the same name in the middle Florida Keys. The CDP also includes the neighboring island of Conch Key. As of the 2020 census, the CDP had a population of 727, up from 621 in 2010.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 621 to 727 (+17%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Duck Key, decade by decade

Date unknown5 to date
Duck Key BridgesDate?Duck Key BridgesDuck Key Bridges, Rosen BridgeDate?Duck Key Bridges, Rosen BridgeDuck Key Bridges, Truman BridgeDate?Duck Key Bridges, Truman BridgeDuck Key Bridges, Harbour Drive BridgeDate?Duck Key Bridges, Harbour Drive BridgeDuck Key Bridges, Bimini Drive BridgeDate?Duck Key Bridges, Bimini Drive Bridge
Then & now

Stand where they stood

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Duck Key Bridges
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Places that used to be

Old corners

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Conch Key

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Duck Key’s history

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the Library of Congress (5) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.