Editing Islamorada, Florida (section)

==History==
The name "Islamorada" ({{IPA|es|ˈisla moˈɾaða}}), spelled ''isla morada'' in Spanish, "purple island", came from early [[Spanish (language)|Spanish]] [[list of explorers|explorers]] in the area.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ISLAMORADA {{!}} Florida Keys Newsroom |url=https://media.fla-keys.com/press-releases/islamorada.htm |access-date=May 18, 2022 |website=media.fla-keys.com |language=en |archive-date=February 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220124934/https://media.fla-keys.com/press-releases/islamorada.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> 

Islamorada was the location of one of the stations of the [[Overseas Railroad]].

Islamorada was hit almost directly by the [[Labor Day Hurricane of 1935]], causing 423 deaths.<ref name="BecnelGrimes2011">{{cite book |last1=Becnel |first1=Tom |last2=Grimes |first2=David |title=Florida Curiosities, 3rd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rwiyuKlsBEwC&pg=PT250 |date=January 11, 2011 |publisher=Globe Pequot |isbn=978-0-7627-7495-1 |page=250}}</ref> A memorial, including the ashes of over 300 victims, exists today at [[Overseas Highway]], mile marker 82.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.keyshistory.org/hurrmemorial.html|title = History of the Florida Keys Memorial}}</ref>

[[Hall of Fame]] baseball player [[Ted Williams]] began visiting Islamorada in 1943, and for the next 45 years was the island's most well-known resident.<ref name="Montville2004">{{cite book |last=Montville |first=Leigh |title=Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero |url=https://archive.org/details/tedwilliamsbiogr00mont |url-access=registration |date=April 13, 2004 |publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-385-50749-3 |page=[https://archive.org/details/tedwilliamsbiogr00mont/page/307 307] }}</ref> After his retirement from baseball, he became the national spokesman for [[Sears]] sporting goods, and became renowned for his abilities as a [[fisherman]]. Over the decades, he hosted numerous celebrities at his Islamorada house and took them on local fishing trips.

The village was incorporated on December 31, 1997. Prior to this date, "Islamorada" referred to the evolving community island of [[Upper Matecumbe Key]].