Take a walk through downtown South Orange and the signs are everywhere. The Village Diner sits under the trestle of the historic South Orange train station. Down the street is the Village of South Orange Fire Department. A block away is the Village Smoke Shop. So you must be in a village, right? Until recently, the answer was, technically speaking, no. But now the answer is yes. Since 1977, what most people know as quaint South Orange Village has been officially known by the clunky name of The Township of South Orange Village. Blame it on bureaucracy, which enticed the village Board of Trustee…