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Crooked Island, Bahamas

Island and District in the Bahamas

Crooked Island, Bahamas
Summary

Island and District in the Bahamas

FieldValue
official_nameDistrict of Crooked Island and Long Cay
settlement_typeIsland and district
image_mapCrooked Island in Bahamas (zoom).svg
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameBahamas
subdivision_type1Island
government_typeDistrict Council
leader_title1Chief Councillor
leader_name1David Daxon Sr.
leader_title2Deputy Chief Councillor
established_titleDistrict
established_date1999
area_total_km2148
population_as_of2022
population_total305
population_density_km2auto
timezoneEST
utc_offset−5
timezone_DSTEDT
utc_offset_DST−4
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
postal_code_type
area_code242
Topographic map of Acklins Island and Crooked Island.

Crooked Island is an island and district, part of a group of Bahamian islands defining a large, shallow lagoon called the Bight of Acklins, of which the largest are Crooked Island in the north and Acklins in the south-east, and the smaller are Long Cay (once known as Fortune Island) in the north-west, and Castle Island in the south.

Etymology

The indigenous Lucayan people called the island Jumento, meaning "upper land of the middle distance". Meanwhile, the Spaniard explorers had named the island Isabella.

History

The islands were settled by American Loyalists in the late 1780s who set cotton plantations using over 1,000 slaves. After the abolition of slavery in the British Empire these became uneconomical, and the replacement income from sponge diving has now dwindled as well. The inhabitants now live by fishing and small-scale farming.

It is believed that the first Post Office in the Bahamas was at Pitts Town on Crooked Island.

Population

The main town in the group is Colonel Hill (pop. 51) on Crooked Island.

The population of Crooked Island was 330 at the 2010 census.

Transportation

The island is served by Colonel Hill Airport.

Politics

The island is part of the MICAL constituency for elections to the House of Assembly of the Bahamas.

References

References

  1. "Census population and housing".
  3. Ahrens, Wolfgang P.. (2015). "Naming the Bahamas Islands: History and Folk Etymology". Onomastica Canadiana.
  4. [http://www.bahamas.gov.bs/wps/wcm/connect/c6ee761a-9f5f-489f-b5e6-02f53ff5092c/CROOKED+ISLAND+POPULATION+BY+SETTLEMENT.pdf?MOD=AJPERES CROOKED ISLAND POPULATION BY SETTLEMENT AND TOTAL NUMBER OF OCCUPIED DWELLINGS: 2010 CENSUS] - Bahamas Department of Statistics
  5. Scott, Rachel. (2021-05-31). "Moultrie: MICAL should be two seats".
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