Editing Island Park, New York (section)

== History ==
Island Park was developed by the Island Park-Long Beach Company as a resort community in the 1920s, after previous development plans for the area were cancelled due to the outbreak of [[World War I]] and the subsequent wartime efforts.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Our History |url=https://villageofislandpark.com/our-history/ |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=Island Park |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":81">{{Cite book |last=Winsche |first=Richard |title=The History of Nassau County Community Place-Names |year=1999 |publisher=Empire State Books |isbn=978-1557871541 |location=[[Interlaken, New York]] |pages=}}</ref>

Island Park incorporated itself as a village in 1926. Its first mayor was Charles N. Talbot, who served in that capacity for 12 years.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":81" />

In the 1950s, there was a proposal in which Island Park would have annexed the adjacent hamlet of [[Harbor Isle, New York|Harbor Isle]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 23, 1952 |title=Town Board Mulls Question Of Harbor Isle Annexation |page=29 |work=[[Newsday]] <!-- |via=[[ProQuest]] --><!-- needs URL -->}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=January 21, 1952 |title=Island Park Will Seek Vote On Harbor Isle Annexation |page=14 |work=[[Newsday]] <!-- |via=[[ProQuest]] --><!-- Needs URL -->}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=February 20, 1952 |title=Plan New Action in Court As Town Nixes Harbor Isle Plea |page=45 |work=[[Newsday]] |via=<!-- [[ProQuest]] --><!-- needs URL -->}}</ref> The proposal was ultimately defeated, and to this day, Harbor Isle remains an unincorporated hamlet governed by the Town of Hempstead.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Long Island Index: Interactive Map |url=http://www.longislandindexmaps.org/?zoom=0&x=1313564&y=266122.5&code=53264&tab=tabServiceProviders&satellite=false&landuse=true&landuseopacity=0.8&mainlayers=Fire_boundary,LIE,ParkwayMainRd,VillageBoundaryUninc,VillageBoundaryInc,TownsCities&labellayers=Fire_boundary,VillageBoundaryUninc,VillageBoundaryInc,TownsCities,LIE&serviceproviderlayers= |access-date=2021-08-19 |website=www.longislandindexmaps.org}}</ref>