 The town continued to prosper and was incorporated as the City of South Daytona in 1951.South Daytona has operated under a City Manager/Council form of government since 1980, with the Mayor and four council members serving four-year, staggered terms beginning in 1990.South Daytona is located at (29.165310, -81.009057), on the Halifax River, just south of the city of Daytona Beach.