Keep a thing seven years and you will always find a use for it. (English proverb) Lose your temper and you lose a friend; lie and you lose yourself.. (Native American proverb, Hopi) Journey and you will find replacement to the ones left behind. (Arabic proverb) He who lives fast goes straight to his death..
Monroe County was established in 1823 at which time it occupied most of the Southern Florida Peninsula. It has since been reduced to the Florida Keys and portions of Everglades National Park. It was named for President James Monroe. The county seat is in Key West. Florida is divided into twenty Judicial Circuits, or areas of jurisdiction, each of which is composed of Circuit and County Courts.
Most of the islands making up the Florida Keys are within the Florida Straits, a strait between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. 1  The most populated city in the Florida Keys is Key West and many other areas within the islands are sparsely populated. The following is a list of ten facts to know about the Florida Keys: 1) The first inhabitants of the Florida Keys were the Native American tribes Calusa and Tequesta. Juan Ponce de Leon was later one of the first Europeans to find and explore the islands.