{{Short description|State park in Florida, United States}} {{about|the island|the ghost town|Indian Key, Florida}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Indian Key Historic State Park | nrhp_type = | image = Florida Keys Scenic Highway - Over Indian Key - NARA - 7718445.jpg | caption = Aerial view of the island | nearest_city = Lower Matecumbe Key, Florida | coordinates = {{coord|24|53|17|N|80|41|40|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Florida#USA | area = | built = 1825 | architect = | architecture = | added = June 19, 1972 | refnum = 72000342 <ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref> }}
'''Indian Key Historic State Park''' is an island within the Florida State Park system, located just a few hundred yards southeast of U.S. 1 within the Florida Keys off the Hawk Channel passage. The island was home to the town of Indian Key, Florida, in the middle of the 19th century but is now an uninhabited ghost town.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/fl/indiankey.html|title= Indian Key |website= Ghost Towns}}</ref> It is frequently visited by tourists and is the subject of an archaeological project to uncover the historic building foundations.
The park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.<ref name="nris"/>
==References== {{Reflist}} *Buker, George E. (1975) ''Swamp Sailors: Riverine Warfare in the Everglades 1835-1842''. Gainesville, Florida:The University Presses of Florida. {{ISBN|0-8130-1514-6}}. *Knetsch, Joe. (2003) ''Florida's Seminole Wars 1817-1858''. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. {{ISBN|0-7385-2424-7}}. *Viele, John. (1996) ''The Florida Keys: A History of the Pioneers''. Sarasota, Florida: Pineapple Press, Inc. {{ISBN|1-56164-101-4}}. *Viele, John. (2001) ''The Florida Keys: The Wreckers''. Sarasota, Florida: Pineapple Press, Inc. {{ISBN|1-56164-219-3}}.
==External links== * [http://www.keyshistory.org/specific.html History of Indian Key] * [https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/indian-key-historic-state-park Indian Key Historic State Park] at [http://www.floridastateparks.org Florida State Parks] * [http://www.abfla.com/parks/IndianKey/indiankey.html Indian Key State Historic Site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080808114030/http://abfla.com/parks/IndianKey/indiankey.html |date=August 8, 2008 }} at [http://www.abfla.com Absolutely Florida] * [http://areas.wildernet.com/pages/area.cfm?areaID=FLSPIK&CU_ID=1 Indian Key State Historic Site] at [http://www.wildernet.com Wildernet] * [http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/fl/indiankey.html Indian Key - Florida Ghost Town]
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Category:Bahamian-American culture in Florida Category:National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, Florida Category:Archaeological sites in Monroe County, Florida Category:State parks of Florida Category:Parks in the Florida Keys Category:Seminole Wars Category:Tourist attractions in the Florida Keys Category:Protected areas established in 1972 Category:Parks in Monroe County, Florida Category:Florida Native American Heritage Trail Category:Parks on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida Category:1972 establishments in Florida