page_title: Perky, Florida
hierarchical_section_title: Perky, Florida
caption_attribution_description: English: Digital photo taken by Marc Averette. Historic bat tower on Lower Sugarloaf Key, Florida. Marc Averette 18:45, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
context_page_description: Perky is a ghost town in Monroe County, Florida, United States. It is located in the lower Florida Keys on Lower Sugarloaf Key near mile marker 17 on US 1.
  A post office called Perky was established in 1929, and remained in operation until 1942. The town was named for its founder, R. C. Perky.
  It is the site of the historic Sugarloaf Key Bat Tower built by Richter Clyde Perky in 1929. The tower was destroyed in 2017 by Hurricane Irma, and the original fishcamp is now a restaurant and lodge.
context_section_description: Perky is a ghost town in Monroe County, Florida, United States. It is located in the lower Florida Keys on Lower Sugarloaf Key near mile marker 17 on US 1 (the Overseas Highway).
  A post office called Perky was established in 1929, and remained in operation until 1942. The town was named for its founder, R. C. Perky.
  It is the site of the historic Sugarloaf Key Bat Tower built by Richter Clyde Perky in 1929. The tower was destroyed in 2017 by Hurricane Irma , and the original fishcamp is now a restaurant and lodge.
caption: Remains of the bat tower
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