Hyde Park, town, Dutchess County, eastern New York, on the Hudson River. Hyde Park, primarily a residential community, is the location of the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, encompassing the birthplace, lifelong home, and burial place of the president; the grave of his wife, Eleanor Roosevelt, also is here. Adjacent is the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum, a repository for historical material and the public and personal papers of the president and his wife. Also located in Hyde Park is Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site, containing the palatial home of the American financier Frederick William Vanderbilt. Located in an area settled in the early 1740s, the town was established in 1821 and named for Edward Hyde, viscount Cornbury, governor of New York from 1702 to 1708. Population 20,768 (1980); 21,230 (1990).Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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