Editing Cudjoe Key, Florida (section)

==History==
===Toponymy===
The island was called "Littleton Island" in 1772. The name changed to Cudjoe's by 1849, later shortened to Cudjoe. It may have been named for the Joewood or Cudjoe wood tree (''[[Jacquinia keyensis]]'') which grows on the island. John Viele notes that "Cudjoe" is an [[:Akan names#Day names|Akan name]], and may have been the name of an escaped slave who lived on the island early in the 19th century.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fairchildgarden.org/Events-Community-Outreach/Events-Details/a-small-tree-for-tough-landscapes-joewood-1|title=A small tree for tough landscapes: joewood|date=August 25, 2013|website=Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden|access-date=May 19, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://keys.fiu.edu/gazetteer/00000216.htm |title=Cudjoe Key |last=Culper |first=Jim |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720013702/http://keys.fiu.edu/gazetteer/00000216.htm |archive-date=July 20, 2008 |access-date=May 19, 2019}}</ref>

===20th century===
The [[United States Army]] activated [[Cudjoe Key Air Force Station]] in 1959 to track [[missile]]s traveling through the [[Eglin Air Force Base|Eglin Gulf Test Range]]. The [[United States Air Force|Air Force]] took over operations the following year,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.radomes.org/museum/showsite.php?site=Cudjoe+Key+AFS,+FL |title=History of Cudjoe Key AFS, FL |work=Online Air Defense Radar Museum |publisher=Radomes, Inc |access-date=2009-12-12}}</ref> and it subsequently became a detached installation of [[Homestead Joint Air Reserve Base]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ARohGwYMZDwC&dq |first=Roger |last=Mueller |title=Air Force Bases |publisher=Diane Publishing |year=1989 |isbn=978-1-4289-9316-7 |pages=253–255}}</ref>

===21st century===
The air force station flies a white [[radar]] [[aerostat]], known locally as "[[Tethered Aerostat Radar System|Fat Albert]]", which is used for drug interdiction missions by the [[Drug Enforcement Administration]]. On April 20, 2007, a [[Cessna 182]] crashed after its left wing struck the tether anchoring "Fat Albert".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2007/05/17/ntsb-pilot-was-warned-before-crash/|title=NTSB: Pilot was warned before crash|work=Orlando Sentinel|first=Christine|last=Dellert|date=17 May 2007|access-date=10 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20070425X00453&key=1|title=NTSB Identification: MIA07FA083|work=[[National Transportation Safety Board|NTSB]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929134324/https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20070425X00453&key=1|archive-date=29 September 2007}}</ref> The aerostat is marked on air navigation charts inside a restricted area that contains the warning, "Caution: Unmarked balloon on cable to 14,000 [feet]."

On September 10, 2017, Cudjoe Key suffered a direct hit from [[Hurricane Irma]] which made landfall as a Category&nbsp;4 hurricane.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/weather/hurricane/os-hurricane-irma-sunday-mainbar-20170909-story.html|title=Hurricane Irma makes landfall in Cudjoe Key|first=Bianca|last=Padró Ocasio|work=Orlando Sentinel|date=10 September 2017|access-date=10 September 2017}}</ref>