Floral Park begins in 1874

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The history of Floral Park begins in 1874, when 17 year old John Lewis Childs came to the area known as East Hinsdale. The community, then a part of Queens County, consisted of a small group of houses, one store, the Hinsdale Post Office and a railĀ­road station. In 1899 the County of Nassau was formed and Floral Park became a part of it.