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Information on Hyde Park, NY

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Hyde Park is a town located in the northwest part of Dutchess County, New York, United States, just north of the city of Poughkeepsie. The town is most famous for being the hometown of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

The population was 21,571 at the 2010 census. US 9 passes through the town near the Hudson River.

Hyde Park is the location of the Culinary Institute of America, a residential college devoted to culinary and pastry arts.

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History

Settlement of the region 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 an early settler. Part of the town was from the Great Nine Partners Patent of 1697.

Franklin Roosevelt House

Dr. John Bard had called his estate "Hyde Park" in honor of Edward Hyde, who was Lord Cornbury and Governor of New York. In 1804 a tavern keeper whose business was slow named the tavern "Hyde Park Inn", much to the annoyance of Dr. Bard. Miller, the tavern keeper, applied for a post office to be located at his Inn, which was nothing unusual. The request was granted as the "Hyde Park Post office". Because the Post Office's name was "Hyde Park", and thus residents' mailing address was "Hyde Park", the area slowly started to be commonly called "Hyde Park". Finally, this caused a change of the settlement's name from Stoutenburgh to Hyde Park officially in 1812. Hyde Park was included in the Town of Clinton until 1821, when the town of Hyde Park was formed.

In 1900, the town's population was 2,806.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Hyde Park is the hometown of Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945), 32nd President of the United States (1933–1945).[1] His estate, Springwood, is the site of the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site maintained by the National Park Service. Also on the site are his presidential library and museum.[2] Roosevelt used this residence throughout his life. FDR's historical house is now a museum that can be visited.

The town includes one of the many mansions of Frederick William Vanderbilt, now maintained as Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site.

Val-Kill was the home of Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt. It is located about 2 miles (3 km) away from the home of FDR.[3]

Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt are both buried in the rose garden of the estate.[4]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 39.8 square miles (103 km2), of which, 37.0 square miles (96 km2) of it is land and 2.9 square miles (7.5 km2) of it (7.25%) is water.

The Hudson River defines the west town line, which is at the border of Ulster County. The town also borders Poughkeepsie to the south, Rhinebeck to the north, and Clinton and Pleasant Valley to the east.

 

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Communities and locations in Hyde Park

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  • Culinary Institute of America— the well-known culinary school, in the southern part of the Town, between Route 9 and the Hudson River.
  • East Park—A hamlet east of Hyde Park village.
  • Haviland—A community in the south part of the town.
  • Hyde Park The hamlet of Hyde Park is on Route 9 near the Hudson River.
  • Margaret Lewis Norrie State Park—A state park in the northern part of the town.
  • Mills Memorial State Park—Located along the Hudson River in Staatsburg, NY. Built by Morgan Lewis and his wife, Gertrude Livingston. It is open to the public and includes house tours and hiking trails.
  • Poughkeepsie Yacht Club—Located along the Hudson River in Staatsburg, NY.
  • Norrie Point—Hiking trails and environmental center as well as marina.
  • Staatsburg—A hamlet by the Hudson River in the northwest part of the town.
  • West Park—A village to the west of Hyde Park, across the Hudson River in Ulster County.

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