Editing South Floral Park, New York (section)

== History ==
The Village of South Floral Park was incorporated in November 1925 as the Village of Jamaica Square.<ref name=":81">{{Cite book|last=Winsche|first=Richard|title=The History of Nassau County Community Place-Names|date=October 1, 1999|publisher=Empire State Books|isbn=978-1557871541|location=[[Interlaken, New York]]|pages=94–95}}</ref> This name had been used since the area was first developed ca. 1905; the name was originally chosen so as to reflect the fact that it was down the road from [[Jamaica, Queens|Jamaica]], [[Queens]] and next to [[Franklin Square, New York|Franklin Square]].<ref name=":81" /> However its name was changed to South Floral Park in 1931 due to confusion with said neighborhood in Queens; the new name was chosen based on the fact that the village is located immediately south of and adjacent to [[Floral Park, New York|Floral Park]].<ref name=":81" />

Residents decided to incorporate their community because they felt that the Town of Hempstead was unable to adequately fulfill the needs of their community, and believed that a more localized government would be able to govern it better.<ref name=":81" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=History Of Our Village|url=https://www.southfloralpark.org/?page_id=485|access-date=June 12, 2021|website=The Incorporated Village of South Floral Park|language=en-US}}</ref>

In 1953, South Floral Park Village Hall was constructed. The building was expanded in 1984 to rehouse the village's fire department in a more modern and efficient facility, which was dedicated on October 19, 1986.<ref name=":0" />

South Floral Park was one of the earliest [[Racial integration|racially integrated]] villages on [[Long Island]].<ref name=":81" /><ref name=":0" />