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{{Short description|Island and District in the Bahamas}}
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[[File:Acklins and Crooked 15ft 4p572 shaded.png|thumb|250px|Topographic map of Acklins Island and Crooked Island.]]
 
'''Crooked Island''' is an island and [[Districts of the Bahamas|district]], part of a group of [[The Bahamas|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, Bahamas|Castle Island]] in the south.
 
== Etymology ==
The islands were settled by American [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalist]]s in the late 1780s who set cotton [[plantation]]s employing over 1,000 [[slavery|slaves]]. After the [[abolition of slavery]] in the [[British Empire]] these became uneconomical, and the replacement income from [[sea sponge|sponge]] diving has now dwindled as well. The inhabitants now live by fishing and small-scale farming.
The indigenous [[Lucayan people]] called the island ''Jumento'', meaning "upper land of the middle distance".<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Ahrens |first=Wolfgang P. |date=2015 |title=Naming the Bahamas Islands: History and Folk Etymology |url=https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/oc/article/view/14910 |journal=Onomastica Canadiana |language=en |volume=94 |issue=2 |pages=101 |issn=2816-7015}}</ref> Meanwhile, the [[Spaniards|Spaniard]] explorers had named the island ''Isabella''.<ref name=":0" />
 
==History==
The main town in the group is [[Colonel Hill]] on Crooked Island.
The islands were settled by American [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalist]]s in the late 1780s who set [[cotton plantation]]s using over 1,000 [[slavery|slaves]]. After the [[Abolitionism in the United Kingdom|abolition of slavery]] in the [[British Empire]] these became uneconomical, and the replacement income from [[sea sponge|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.
The population of Crooked Island was 350 at the 2000 census.
 
==Population==
It is believed that first Post Office in the Bahamas was at [[Pitt’s Town]] on Crooked Island.
The main town in the group is [[Colonel Hill]] (pop. 51) on Crooked Island.
[[File:Acklins_and_Crooked_15ft_4p572_shaded.png|thumb|left|250px|Topographic map of Acklins Island and Crooked Island.]]
 
The population of Crooked Island was 330 at the 2010 census.<ref>[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</ref>
 
==Transportation==
The island is served by [[Colonel Hill Airport]].
 
== Politics ==
The island is part of the [[MICAL (Bahamas Parliament constituency)|MICAL constituency]] for elections to the [[House of Assembly of the Bahamas]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Scott |first=Rachel |date=2021-05-31 |title=Moultrie: MICAL should be two seats |url=https://www.thenassauguardian.com/news/moultrie-mical-should-be-two-seats/article_1649ee25-bbef-50ca-9ecf-6efa5211288c.html |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=The Nassau Guardian |language=en}}</ref>
 
==References==
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[[Category:Islands of the Bahamas]]
[[Category:Districts of the Bahamas]]
 
 
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