Crooked Island, Bahamas

District of Crooked Island and Long Cay
Crooked Island
Island
Crooked Island and Acklins Archipelago (Crooked Island district is in red)
Country	Bahamas
Region	Acklins and Crooked Islands

Capital	Colonel Hill

Area	148 km² (57.14 sq mi)

Population	600 (2009 estimate)

District	1999
Leader	Chief Councillor David Daxon, Sr

Timezone	EST (UTC-5)

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.

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.

The main town in the group is Colonel Hill on Crooked Island.

The population of Crooked Island was 350 at the 2000 census.

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

Topographic map of Acklins Island and Crooked Island.

Local Government in the Bahamas

Second-Scheduled Districts	North Abaco Central Abaco South Abaco North Andros Central Andros South Andros Cat Island West Grand Bahama East Grand Bahama Central Eleuthera North Eleuthera Exuma and Cays Long Island

Third-Scheduled Districts	Grand Cay Green Turtle Cay Hope Town Moore's Island Acklins Mangrove Cay Berry Islands Bimini Crooked Island Freeport Harbour Island South Eleuthera Black Point Inagua Mayaguana Ragged Island Rum Cay San Salvador Spanish Wells

Related	Chief Councillors Hope Town District Council Local Government Act New Providence

Coordinates: 22°45′N 74°13′W / 22.750°N 74.217°W / 22.750; -74.217

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