Editing Hyde Park, New York (section)

==History==
[[File:Springwood FDR home NY1.jpg|thumb|left|Springwood, Franklin D. Roosevelt's home]]
[[File:Vanderbilt Mansion - IMG 7944.JPG|thumb|left|The [[Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site]]]]
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 the [[Great Nine Partners Patent]] of 1697.

Doctor John Bard had called his estate "Hyde Park" in honor of [[Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon|Edward 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 the [[Great Nine Partners Patent]], which would eventually make up much of Hyde Park.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Shelley. |first=Ross |title=Fall from grace : sex, scandal, and corruption in American politics from 1702 to the present |year=1988 |isbn=0345353811 |edition=First |location=New York |pages=6 |oclc=18264791 }}</ref> 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 of [[Clinton, Dutchess County, New York|Clinton, New York]], until 1821 when it was incorporated as a separate town. The [[Hyde 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 includes [[Frederick William Vanderbilt]]'s spring and autumn mansion, now maintained as the [[Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site]].

===The Roosevelt family===
Hyde Park is the hometown of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] (1882–1945), who served as president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{Cite web |title=Plan Your Visit – Home of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site |url=http://www.nps.gov/hofr/planyourvisit/index.htm |access-date=September 22, 2012 |publisher=Nps.gov |archive-date=September 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904060223/http://www.nps.gov/hofr/planyourvisit/index.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> His estate, [[Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site|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.<ref name="autogenerated1" /> 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 of [[Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site|Eleanor Roosevelt]], [[Isaac Roosevelt House|Isaac Roosevelt]], and [[Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site|Frederick William Vanderbilt]], along with [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School (Hyde Park, New York)|Haviland Middle School (formerly Franklin D. Roosevelt High School)]].

[[Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site|Val-Kill]] was the home of Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt. It is located about {{convert|2|mi|0}} east of the home of FDR.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nearby Attractions – Home of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site |url=http://www.nps.gov/hofr/planyourvisit/nearbyattractions.htm |access-date=September 22, 2012 |publisher=Nps.gov |archive-date=November 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105090220/http://www.nps.gov/hofr/planyourvisit/nearbyattractions.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt are both buried in the rose garden at "Springwood".<ref>[https://www.fdrlibrary.org/roosevelt-homes Roosevelt Homes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001162705/https://www.fdrlibrary.org/roosevelt-homes |date=October 1, 2020 }}, FDR Library</ref>

President Roosevelt's father, [[James Roosevelt, Sr.]], served a term as [[town supervisor|supervisor]] of the town of Hyde Park.