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FIPS code. 12-43000 [ 3] GNIS feature ID. 0286401 [ 4] Website. www .ci .marathon .fl .us. Marathon is a city in the middle of the Florida Keys, in Monroe County, Florida, United States. [ 5] As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 9,689, [ 2] up from 8,297 in 2010 .
Florida Keys. / 24.66694°N 81.54417°W / 24.66694; -81.54417. The Florida Keys are a coral cay archipelago off the southern coast of Florida, forming the southernmost part of the continental United States. They begin at the southeastern coast of the Florida peninsula, about 15 miles (24 km) south of Miami and extend in a gentle arc ...
Florida Keys Marathon Airport. / 24.72611°N 81.05139°W / 24.72611; -81.05139. The Florida Keys Marathon International Airport ( IATA: MTH, ICAO: KMTH, FAA LID: MTH) is a public airport located along the Overseas Highway (US1) in Marathon, in Monroe County, Florida, United States. The airport covers 197 acres (80 ha) and has one runway .
Monroe County includes the islands of the Florida Keys and comprises the Key West-Key Largo Micropolitan Statistical Area. Over 99.9% of the county's population lives on the Florida Keys. The mainland, which is part of the Everglades, comprises 87% of the county's land area and is virtually uninhabited with only 17 people recorded in the 2020 ...
A United States Coast and Geodetic Survey field report written in 1935-1936 states: "The key was named after the original settler and is called locally Knights Key." [3] The campground and "village" at Knights Key were developed by the Kyle family in the 1960s. Knights Key was a key filming site in the 1989 James Bond film "Licence to Kill" [4 ...
Crane Point Museum and Nature Center. Crane Point Museum and Nature Center is a nonprofit natural history museum and nature center located in the City of Marathon on Key Vaca, in the heart of the Florida Keys in Monroe County, Florida, United States. The museum sits on a 63-acre parcel of woodland, known as the Tropical Crane Point Hammock.
Bahia Honda (meaning deep bay, in Spanish, locally pronounced: BAY-ah HON-da [ˈbeɪə ˈhɒndə], also pronounced (in Spanish): Bah-EE-ah OWN-dah [baˈia ˈonda]) is an island in the lower Florida Keys . U.S. 1 (the Overseas Highway) crosses the key at approximately mile markers 36-38.5, between Ohio Key and Spanish Harbor Key 12 miles (19 km ...
County. Monroe. The Molasses Keys are a small group of islands in the Florida Keys. Located a quarter mile south of the Seven Mile Bridge, 4 miles west of Marathon, and a mile and a half east of Money Key, [ 1] it is a frequented boating and camping spot. There are four islands, three are always above water, two of which are able to be walked on.