Hyde Park (New York)
Hyde Park is a town north of Poughkeepsie in the northwest of Dutchess County in the U.S. state of New York. It is the birthplace of the 32nd U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who came here in 1882 to the world. In 2000, the city had 20,851 inhabitants.
Geography
Hyde Park is on the east bank of the Hudson River, about 150 km north of New York City and about 120 km south of Albany. The central road through Hyde Park is the U.S. Highway 9, continuing on the same road to the north, you reach first the Culinary Institute of America, then the Roosevelt estate, the village of Hyde Park, Vanderbilt Mansion and the north Staatsburg with the Mills Mansion.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 103.2 km ², of which 95.7 km ² of land and 7.5 km ² omitted ( = 7.25 %) to water.
The western city limit is formed by the Hudson River, which separates the Dutchess County from Ulster County at the same time. To the south lies the Town of Poughkeepsie, Rhinebeck is located north of the city and the east borders Hyde Park on Clinton and Pleasant Valley.
History
The land is located on the Hyde Park, was partially bought out by Dr. Samual State from the Pawling patent, partly by Peter Fauconnier and 1703 north of Pawling patent acquired a number of New York businessmen. The Pawling patent was in 1695 by Henry Pawling acquired from the Indians land, covering today's Dutchess County substantially.
The name Hyde Park came later. Dr. John Bard, who moved to this area, named his property in honor of Edward Hyde, Lord Cornbury, Governor of New York from 1702 to 1708. 1804 was a local owner of his restaurant named " Hyde Park Inn " and applied for the post office. It was not uncommon at that time, that post offices were located in pubs and so was the Hyde Park Post Office. Finally, the name of the post office prevailed as the address for the place and in 1812 the name was officially changed from Stoutenburgh in Hyde Park. 1821 Hyde Park from the Town of Clinton was separated and collected the Hyde Park to Town. In 1900 the town had 2806 inhabitants.
Hyde Park has been known as a place of wealthy and rich New York businessmen who settled in the mid- Hudson Valley and summer residences built. The most famous Gilded Age mansions have been built for Frederick William Vanderbilt and in the suburb of Staatsburg for Ogden Mills and now open to the public.
In 1972, the original Jesuit novitiate of Saint Andrew was converted to the Culinary Institute of America, which has become known as one of the outstanding Culinary Schools in North America and is home to a number of excellent restaurants.
Districts of the Town of Hyde Park
- East Park, a hamlet east of the Village of Hyde Park.
- Haviland, a district in the south of the city.
- Hyde Park, the hamlet of Hyde Park is located on U.S. Highway 9 near the river
- Norrie Heights
- Staatsburg, a hamlet on the Hudson River in the northwest of the city area.
- West Park, a village west of the hamlet of Hyde Park, on the other side of the Hudson River in Ulster County.
Demography
At the time of the census of 2000, there were 20,851 persons Hyde Park. The population density was 217.8 people per km ². There were 7704 housing units at an average 80.5 per km ². The population consisted of 91.02 % White, 4.25 % African American, 0.20 % Native American, 1.39 % Asian, 0.08 % Pacific Islander, 1.19 % reported from other races and 1.86 % from two or more races. 3.23 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The residents of Hyde Park distributed to 7395 households out of which 34.0% were living in children under 18 years. 56.7% married couples living together, 10.3 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.4 % were non-families. 23.0 % of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 8.6 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size is 3.10 people.
The city population was spread out with 24.7 % under the, 11.2% of 18-24 year olds, 28.5 % 25 -44- year-old, 23.1% 45-64 year olds and 12.5 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 99.8 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women 99.0 males.
The median household income in Hyde Park was 50,870 U.S. dollars and the median family income reached the height of 58,047 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 42 251 U.S. dollars, compared to 28 176 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income in Hyde Park was 21,260 U.S. dollars. 5.7 % of the population and 4.4% of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 5.3 % of minors and 6.0 % of those age 65 or over.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Marion Clignet, French cyclist
- Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States of America
Attractions
The U.S. Post Office Hyde Park is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.