Key Haven | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Florida#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Key Haven |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Key Haven in Florida |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Monroe |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Total: | ~1000 |
Timezone1: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset1: | −5 |
Timezone1 Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | −4 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Codes |
Postal Code: | 33040 |
Area Code: | 305 and 786 |
Key Haven is an unincorporated community on Raccoon Key, an island in the lower Florida Keys about a mile (1.6 km) east of the island of Key West. It is a suburb of greater Key West, and houses around a thousand residents. The city limits of Key West on northern Stock Island are separated from Key Haven by a channel about a quarter mile (400 m) wide.
It lies off the northeast side of Stock Island and is connected by fill to U.S. 1 (the Overseas Highway) via Key Haven Road, its primary road, just east of mile marker 5.
Key Haven was chosen as the location of The Real World Key West, which appeared in 2006.[1] The Real World home is located at the end of Driftwood Drive.[2] [3]
The island, being only NaNfeet above the high tide mark, was covered with NaNfeet of seawater from the 8feet storm surge of Hurricane Wilma on October 24, 2005. Nearly every car on the island was destroyed, and many homes were damaged.[4]