Cedar Key, Florida

About Cedar Key

Set in the northern part of Florida, Cedar Key is a tiny community with an estimated population of 736.

Cedar Key holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 1.03 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 715 residents per square mile.

📰 Cedar Key News Today

• How do you preserve ‘old Florida’ with a growing population? Cedar Key residents may have the answer WUFT · Jun 2
• Pat’s Wildways: Cedar Key is recovering! Fernandina Observer · Mar 20
• Watch: Florida couple helps massive gator cross road in Cedar Key WCJB · May 11
• 41st Annual International Coastal Cleanup in Cedar Key slated for Sept. 19 Mainstreet Daily News Gainesville · Aug 7
• Community Voices and Scientific Insight Build a More Resilient Cedar Key National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine · Nov 3

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Cedar Key Unique

• The only place in America named Cedar Key — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• Positioned in northern Florida, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Florida — one of 956 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 25 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Cedar Key

• The Prickly Palm (café)
• 1842 Daily Grind and Mercantile
• 2nd Street Cafe (café)
• Holy Moley (café)
• Steamers — seafood
• away from the world (café)

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Cedar Key Historical Society Museum · Museum
• Cedar Key Pirate Invasion · Attraction
• Cedar Key State Museum · Museum
• Island Arts

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Cedar Key

• Cedar Key Museum State Park reviews ★
• Cedar Key Scrub State Reserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Cedar Key reviews ★
• Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge reviews ★
• Cemetery Point Park reviews ★
• Lil' Shark Park reviews ★
• Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Cedar Key

• CEDAR KEY HIGH SCHOOL

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Cedar Key

🏘️ Nearby Communities