Florida (Orange County, N.Y.)
Enlarge text Shrink text- NUCMC data from NJ Hist. Soc. for Crane-Pierson families' papers, 1800-1914(Florida; Orange County, N.Y.)
- Rand McNally comm'l atlas, 1984(Florida; Orange County; Warwick & Goshen twp.)
- Hist. of Orange County, N.Y., 1980(repr. 1880 ed.) (Florida; post office estab. prior to 1830; formerly called Brookland)
Florida is a village in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 3,049 as of the 2020 census. It is part of the Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area. The village is located in the town of Warwick, with two small northern portions in the town of Goshen. Florida is at the convergence of Routes 17A and 94. Florida has its own school district known as the Florida Union Free School District. The district consists of Golden Hill Elementary School and S. S. Seward Institute. The mascot for S.S. Seward Institute is a Spartan. The current mayor is Daniel Harter Jr., who was elected in March 2018.
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