Editing Riviera Beach, Florida (section)

==History==
Riviera Beach was originally called Oak Lawn, but the settlement was renamed Riviera in 1893.<ref name=HORB/> It wasn't until 1941 that "Beach" was added, though it was incorporated in 1922 as only the "Town of Riviera".<ref name=HORB/> In 1959, it converted from a "town" status to the present-day "City of Riviera Beach".<ref name=RBH/><ref name=HORB/> For the first half of the 20th century, its nickname was "Conchtown", after the many [[Conch (people)|Conch people]] ([[Bahamian people|Bahamians]] and [[Bahamian American]]s) who resided in the city.<ref name=HORB/><ref name=BRBConch>{{cite news|url=http://historicpalmbeach.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2010/02/19/flashblack-riviera-beach/ |title=FlashBlack: Riviera Beach (by Lady Hereford) |newspaper=[[The Palm Beach Post]] |access-date=March 11, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Florida Historical Society">{{Cite web|url=https://myfloridahistory.org/webextras/webextras/10|title=Capturing the "Conch People" in Florida|website=MyFloridaHistory.org|publisher=Florida Historical Society|access-date=March 11, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k6LRBQAAQBAJ&q=riviera+beach+conch+town&pg=PA91 |title=The Great Okeechobee Hurricane of 1928|last=Neely|first=Wayne|date=December 9, 2014|publisher=iUniverse |isbn=9781491754467|access-date=March 11, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Foster, Charles C 1991">Foster, Charles C. 1991. ''Conchtown USA'', with Folk songs & tales collected by Veonica Huss. Boca Raton, Florida: Florida Atlantic University Press. {{ISBN|0-8130-1042-X}}</ref> The city was named after the [[French Riviera]].<ref name=NamedFor>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22049730/the_palm_beach_post/|title=What's in a name? Lots of history if it's a town|date=September 16, 1987|author=Eliot Kleinberg|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|page=7D|access-date=January 14, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}} {{free access}}</ref>