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Key Biscayne is a village in Miami-Dade
County, Florida, United States. The population
was 10,507 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the
population recorded by the U.S. Census
Bureau is 10,324. Key Biscayne is located on
the island of Key Biscayne and lies south of
Miami Beach and east of Miami. The Village is
connected to Miami via the Rickenbacker
Causeway, originally built in 1947. Because of
its low elevation and direct exposure to the
Atlantic Ocean, it is usually among the first
Miami areas to be evacuated before an
oncoming hurricane.
Key Biscayne is located at 25°41′25″N, 80°9′54″
W (25.690329, -80.165118).GR1
According to the United States Census Bureau,
the village has a total area of 3.6 km² (1.4 mi²).
3.3 km² (1.3 mi²) of it is land and 0.3 km² (0.1
mi²) of it (8.63%) is water.
County, Florida, United States. The population
was 10,507 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the
population recorded by the U.S. Census
Bureau is 10,324. Key Biscayne is located on
the island of Key Biscayne and lies south of
Miami Beach and east of Miami. The Village is
connected to Miami via the Rickenbacker
Causeway, originally built in 1947. Because of
its low elevation and direct exposure to the
Atlantic Ocean, it is usually among the first
Miami areas to be evacuated before an
oncoming hurricane.
Key Biscayne is located at 25°41′25″N, 80°9′54″
W (25.690329, -80.165118).GR1
According to the United States Census Bureau,
the village has a total area of 3.6 km² (1.4 mi²).
3.3 km² (1.3 mi²) of it is land and 0.3 km² (0.1
mi²) of it (8.63%) is water.
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The Village is bordered on the north by Crandon Park, Miami-Dade County park, on the south by Bill
Baggs Cape Florida State Park, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean and on the west by Biscayne Bay.
While there had been earlier schemes to develop a town on Key Biscayne, it wasn't until the opening of
the four-mile long Rickenbacker Causeway from Miami to Virginia Key and on to Key Biscayne in 1947
that the island was opened up to large scale residential development. The northern two-thirds of the
island had been operated as the largest coconut plantation in the continental United States during the
first half of the 20th century. In 1940 the Matheson family donated over 800 acres of their land to Dade
County for a public park (Crandon Park) in exchange for a commitment that the county would build a
causeway to the island. The remaining Matheson property, stretching across the middle of the island,
was then sold off to developers. Starting in 1951, the Mackle Construction Company offered new
homes on the island for US$9,540, with just US$500 down. A U.S. Post Office contract branch was
opened, the Community Church started holding services in an old coconut-husking shed, and the Key
Biscayne Elementary School opened in 1952.
The southern third of Key Biscayne, which included Cape Florida, was owned by James Deering and,
after his death, by his brother Charles, for 35 years. In 1948 José Manuel Áleman, a Cuban politician in
exile, bought the Cape Florida property from the Deering estate. After Áleman died in 1951, his widow,
Elena Santeiro Garcia, added to her Cape Florida property by buying an ocean-to-bay strip that had
been part of the Matheson property. This strip included a canal that had been dug by William Matheson
in the 1920s, and which extended from the bay across most of the island. The land north of this canal
was developed as part of what is now the Village of Key Biscayne. Garcia sold the Cape Florida
property in 1966 to the state of Florida. This land became Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park, which
opened January 1, 1967.
President Richard Nixon purchased the first of his three waterfront homes, forming a compound
known as the Florida White House, in 1969 to be close to his close friend and confidant, Bebe Rebozo
and industrialist Robert Abplanalp (inventor of the modern spray can valve). Bebe Rebozo, owner of the
Key Biscayne Bank, was indicted for laundering a $100,000 donation from Howard Hughes to the
Nixon election campaign. President Kennedy and Nixon met for the first time after the 1960 Election
loss by Nixon in an oceanfront villa at the old Key Biscayne Hotel. Plans for the Watergate break-in at
Democratic headquarters were discussed at the Key Biscayne Nixon compound and, as the Watergate
scandal unfolded, Nixon spent more time in seclusion there. Nixon visited Key Biscayne more than 50
times between 1969 and 1973. The U.S. Department of Defense spent $400,000 constructing a
helicopter landing pad in Biscayne Bay adjacent to the Nixon compound and when Nixon sold his
property, including the helicopter pad, there were public accusations that he enriched himself at
taxpayer expense.
The area was incorporated as a new municipality in 1991 - the first new city in Miami-Dade County in
over fifty years. Rafael Conte was elected the first mayor along with members of the founding Village
Council including Clifford Brody, Mortimer Fried, Michael Hill, Luis Lauredo, Joe Rasco, and Raymond
Sullivan. The municipality's first manager was C. Samuel Kissinger and the first clerk was Guido
Inguanzo. The incorporation of the Village provided local control over taxes and future development.
In 1992, Hurricane Andrew flooded some homes and businesses on Key Biscayne but the eye wall
passed over uninhabited Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park which received the brunt of the storm. The
storm damage was a blessing for the park because it destroyed all the non-native vegetation that the
state had been trying to eradicate. Federal and State funding allowed the replanting with native
vegetation making the park a showplace natural area. In recent years the construction of several large
resort hotels, condominium complexes and shopping centers on the island as the once bucolic island
life continued to accelerate at a frenetic pace. The Village has its own fire, police and a newly expanded
public elementary and middle school. The tax rate remains the lowest of any municipality in
Miami-Dade County. The Village has just completed a new civic center including fire, police and
administration buildings and a well appointed recreation and community center with indoor multi use
courts, outdoor swimming pool and a renowned musical theater program.
Key Biscayne increasingly caters to an elite population of business moguls, high-income
professionals, and a significant influx of Latin American tourists and part-time residents fleeing
political and economic instability in their home countries.
For more information visit:
www.keybiscayne.fl.gov
Baggs Cape Florida State Park, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean and on the west by Biscayne Bay.
While there had been earlier schemes to develop a town on Key Biscayne, it wasn't until the opening of
the four-mile long Rickenbacker Causeway from Miami to Virginia Key and on to Key Biscayne in 1947
that the island was opened up to large scale residential development. The northern two-thirds of the
island had been operated as the largest coconut plantation in the continental United States during the
first half of the 20th century. In 1940 the Matheson family donated over 800 acres of their land to Dade
County for a public park (Crandon Park) in exchange for a commitment that the county would build a
causeway to the island. The remaining Matheson property, stretching across the middle of the island,
was then sold off to developers. Starting in 1951, the Mackle Construction Company offered new
homes on the island for US$9,540, with just US$500 down. A U.S. Post Office contract branch was
opened, the Community Church started holding services in an old coconut-husking shed, and the Key
Biscayne Elementary School opened in 1952.
The southern third of Key Biscayne, which included Cape Florida, was owned by James Deering and,
after his death, by his brother Charles, for 35 years. In 1948 José Manuel Áleman, a Cuban politician in
exile, bought the Cape Florida property from the Deering estate. After Áleman died in 1951, his widow,
Elena Santeiro Garcia, added to her Cape Florida property by buying an ocean-to-bay strip that had
been part of the Matheson property. This strip included a canal that had been dug by William Matheson
in the 1920s, and which extended from the bay across most of the island. The land north of this canal
was developed as part of what is now the Village of Key Biscayne. Garcia sold the Cape Florida
property in 1966 to the state of Florida. This land became Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park, which
opened January 1, 1967.
President Richard Nixon purchased the first of his three waterfront homes, forming a compound
known as the Florida White House, in 1969 to be close to his close friend and confidant, Bebe Rebozo
and industrialist Robert Abplanalp (inventor of the modern spray can valve). Bebe Rebozo, owner of the
Key Biscayne Bank, was indicted for laundering a $100,000 donation from Howard Hughes to the
Nixon election campaign. President Kennedy and Nixon met for the first time after the 1960 Election
loss by Nixon in an oceanfront villa at the old Key Biscayne Hotel. Plans for the Watergate break-in at
Democratic headquarters were discussed at the Key Biscayne Nixon compound and, as the Watergate
scandal unfolded, Nixon spent more time in seclusion there. Nixon visited Key Biscayne more than 50
times between 1969 and 1973. The U.S. Department of Defense spent $400,000 constructing a
helicopter landing pad in Biscayne Bay adjacent to the Nixon compound and when Nixon sold his
property, including the helicopter pad, there were public accusations that he enriched himself at
taxpayer expense.
The area was incorporated as a new municipality in 1991 - the first new city in Miami-Dade County in
over fifty years. Rafael Conte was elected the first mayor along with members of the founding Village
Council including Clifford Brody, Mortimer Fried, Michael Hill, Luis Lauredo, Joe Rasco, and Raymond
Sullivan. The municipality's first manager was C. Samuel Kissinger and the first clerk was Guido
Inguanzo. The incorporation of the Village provided local control over taxes and future development.
In 1992, Hurricane Andrew flooded some homes and businesses on Key Biscayne but the eye wall
passed over uninhabited Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park which received the brunt of the storm. The
storm damage was a blessing for the park because it destroyed all the non-native vegetation that the
state had been trying to eradicate. Federal and State funding allowed the replanting with native
vegetation making the park a showplace natural area. In recent years the construction of several large
resort hotels, condominium complexes and shopping centers on the island as the once bucolic island
life continued to accelerate at a frenetic pace. The Village has its own fire, police and a newly expanded
public elementary and middle school. The tax rate remains the lowest of any municipality in
Miami-Dade County. The Village has just completed a new civic center including fire, police and
administration buildings and a well appointed recreation and community center with indoor multi use
courts, outdoor swimming pool and a renowned musical theater program.
Key Biscayne increasingly caters to an elite population of business moguls, high-income
professionals, and a significant influx of Latin American tourists and part-time residents fleeing
political and economic instability in their home countries.
For more information visit:
www.keybiscayne.fl.gov
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