Crooked Island ( Bahamas ) Crooked Island and Acklins Island from space , February 1984 Crooked Island is an island and district of the Bahamas . It is one of a group of islands lying in a 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 employing 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 first Post Office in the Bahamas was at Pitt’s Town on Crooked Island .  This Bahamian location article is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it . Districts of the Bahamas Acklins | Berry Islands | Bimini | Black Point | Cat Island | Central Abaco | Central Andros | Central Eleuthera | Freeport | Crooked Island | East Grand Bahama | Exuma | Grand Cay | Harbour Island | Hope Town | Inagua | Long Island | Mangrove Cay | Mayaguana | Moore 's Island | New Providence | North Abaco | North Andros | North Eleuthera | Ragged Island | Rum Cay | San Salvador | South Abaco | South Andros | South Eleuthera | Spanish Wells | West Grand Bahama Categories : Bahamas geography stubs | Islands in the North Atlantic | Islands of the Bahamas | Districts of the Bahamas 