Islamorada, "Village of Islands" is an incorporated village in Monroe County, Florida, on the islands of Lower Matecumbe Key, Upper Matecumbe Key, Windley Key and Plantation Key in the Florida Keys.

The village was incorporated on November 4, 1997. Prior to this date, Islamorada was only considered to be on the island of Upper Matecumbe Key.

As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 6,846. As of 2007, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 6,386.

The name Islamorada, meaning "purple island", comes from early Spanish explorers in the area. Its pronunciation has been Anglicized to aisle-a-more-AH-dah.

Islamorada was hit almost directly by the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935, causing 423 deaths.

Islamorada is also home to the Florida National High Adventure Sea Base of the Boy Scouts of America.

According to the grand jury indictment of a group of paramilitary Christians of West Indian origin,[2], in January 2006 Islamadora was used as a meeting site by four of the group with an undercover FBI agent they believed to be an al-Qaeda representative.

Geography

Islamorada is located at 24°56'9?N 80°36'49?W? / ?24.93583, -80.61361

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 18.8 km² (7.2 mi²). 18.4 km² (7.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.4 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (1.93%) is water.

Islamorada is located approximately two hours driving time south of Miami and approximately two hours driving time north of Key West.