Hyde Park, New York | |
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 Town hall of Hyde Park | |
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 Location withinDutchess County and the state of New York | |
  Hyde Park  Hyde Park | |
| Coordinates:41°47′5″N73°56′0″W / 41.78472°N 73.93333°W /41.78472; -73.93333 | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New York |
| County | Dutchess |
| Named after | Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon |
| Government | |
| • Type | Town council |
| • Town supervisor | Alfred Torreggiani (R) |
| • Town council | |
| Area | |
• Total | 39.86 sq mi (103.23 km2) |
| • Land | 36.66 sq mi (94.95 km2) |
| • Water | 3.20 sq mi (8.28 km2) |
| Elevation | 249 ft (76 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 21,021 |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| ZIP Codes |
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| Area code | 845 |
| FIPS code | 36-027-37209 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0979090[2] |
| Website | www |
Hyde Park is a town inDutchess County, New York, United States, bordering theHudson River north ofPoughkeepsie. Within the town are the hamlets ofHyde Park, East Park,Staatsburg, andHaviland. Hyde Park is known as the hometown ofFranklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States.
Hyde Park is home to themain campus ofthe Culinary Institute of America, a four-year college for culinary and baking and pastry arts, and theFranklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, the firstpresidential library in the United States.
Hyde Park's population was 21,021 at the2020 United States census.[3]U.S. Route 9 passes through the town near the Hudson River.
Settlement of the region by Europeans officially began around 1742 but may have begun as early as 1710.
The name of the area was changed to "Hyde Park" around 1810. Previously, it was part of the Fauconnier Patent and was named "Stoutenburgh", after the town's first settler, Jacobus Stoughtenburg. Part of the town was from theGreat Nine Partners Patent of 1697.
Doctor John Bard had called his estate "Hyde Park" in honor ofEdward Hyde, who was Lord Cornbury and governor of New York from 1702 to 1708. In 1697, Hyde granted nine close friends of his a large swatch of land "south of Albany" in theGreat Nine Partners Patent, which would eventually make up much of Hyde Park.[4] In 1804 a tavern-keeper named Miller, seeking new guests, renamed the tavern "the Hyde Park Inn", much to the annoyance of Doctor Bard. He then applied for a post office to be located at his inn, common among tavern keepers. The request was granted as the "Hyde Park Post Office". The settlement gradually came to be known not as Stoutenburgh but as Hyde Park, which it officially became in 1812.
Hyde Park was a part ofClinton, New York, until 1821 when it was incorporated as a separate town. TheHyde Park Railroad Station, located at the mouth of Crum Elbow Creek along the Hudson River, was used by the town's residents, including the Roosevelts.
The town includesFrederick William Vanderbilt's spring and autumn mansion, now maintained as theVanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site.
Hyde Park is the hometown ofFranklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945), who served as president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.[5] His estate,Springwood, is the site of theHome of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site maintained by theNational Park Service. Also on the site are his presidential library and museum.[5] Roosevelt used this residence throughout his life. FDR's historical house is now a museum that can be visited.
His house is listed on the U.S.National Register of Historic Places, as are the homes ofEleanor Roosevelt,Isaac Roosevelt, andFrederick William Vanderbilt, along withHaviland Middle School (formerly Franklin D. Roosevelt High School).
Val-Kill was the home of Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt. It is located about 2 miles (3 km) east of the home of FDR.[6]
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt are both buried in the rose garden at "Springwood".[7]
President Roosevelt's father,James Roosevelt, Sr., served a term assupervisor of the town of Hyde Park.
According to theUnited States Census Bureau, the town of Hyde Park has a total area of 39.8 square miles (103.2 km2), of which 36.7 square miles (95.0 km2) is land and 3.2 square miles (8.3 km2), or 8.02%, is water.[8]
TheHudson River defines the western town line, which is the border withUlster County. Hyde Park is bordered by the town ofPoughkeepsie to the south,Rhinebeck to the north, andClinton andPleasant Valley to the east.
As of the 2010 census, the town's population was 21,571. The racial makeup was 87.1% white, 6.0% African American, 0.2% Native American, 2.5% Asian, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 1.8% other races, 2.4% two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 5.6% of the population.[9]
As of the U.S. Census[10] of 2000, there were 20,851 people, 7,395 households, and 5,220 families residing in the town. The population density was 564.2 inhabitants per square mile (217.8/km2). There were 7,704 housing units at an average density of 208.5 per square mile (80.5/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 91.02%White, 4.25%African American, 0.20%Native American, 1.39%Asian, 0.08%Pacific Islander, 1.19% fromother races, and 1.86% from two or more races.Hispanic orLatino of any race were 3.23% of the population.
There were 7,395 households, out of which 34.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.7% were married couples living together, 10.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.4% were non-families. 23.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.10.
In the town, the age distribution of the population shows 24.7% under the age of 18, 11.2% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 12.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.0 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $50,870, and the median income for a family was $58,047. Males had a median income of $42,251 versus $28,176 for females. The per capita income for the town was $21,260. About 4.4% of families and 5.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.3% of those under age 18 and 6.0% of those age 65 or over.
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 1830 | 2,554 | — | |
| 1840 | 2,364 | −7.4% | |
| 1850 | 2,425 | 2.6% | |
| 1860 | 2,749 | 13.4% | |
| 1870 | 2,695 | −2.0% | |
| 1880 | 2,873 | 6.6% | |
| 1890 | 2,821 | −1.8% | |
| 1900 | 2,806 | −0.5% | |
| 1910 | 3,019 | 7.6% | |
| 1920 | 2,880 | −4.6% | |
| 1930 | 3,388 | 17.6% | |
| 1940 | 4,056 | 19.7% | |
| 1950 | 6,136 | 51.3% | |
| 1960 | 12,681 | 106.7% | |
| 1970 | 16,910 | 33.3% | |
| 1980 | 20,768 | 22.8% | |
| 1990 | 21,230 | 2.2% | |
| 2000 | 20,851 | −1.8% | |
| 2010 | 21,571 | 3.5% | |
| 2020 | 21,021 | −2.5% | |
| 2024 (est.) | 21,338 | [11] | 1.5% |
| U.S. Decennial Census[3] | |||
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The majority of the town (including the Hyde Park hamlet) is in theHyde Park Central School District. A small portion of the town to the southeast is in theArlington Central School District, and a small portion to the north is in theRhinebeck Central School District[12]
The Hyde Park school district's comprehensive high school isFranklin Delano Roosevelt High School.[13]
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