Hyde Park is a

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in and the

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(

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) of Lamoille County,

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, United States. The town was named for Captain Jedediah Hyde, an early landowner who was a veteran of the

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. The population was 3,020 at the 2020 census. There is also a village of the same name within the town.

Geography

Hyde Park is in east-central Lamoille County, northeast of the

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valley. According to the

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, the town has a total area of , of which are land and , or 3.43%, are water. The village of Hyde Park is in the southern part of the town.

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crosses the southern part of the town, passing through Hyde Park village; it leads northwest to

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and southeast to Hardwick.

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runs with Route 15 between Hyde Park village and Morrisville to the south. Route 100 leads north through North Hyde Park to the

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area, while to the south it leads to Stowe.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 2,847 people, 1,138 households, and 780 families residing in the town. The

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was 75.2 people per square mile (29.0/km²). There were 1,220 housing units at an average density of 32.2/sq mi (12.4/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 97.75%

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, 0.53%

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, 0.53% Native American, 0.39% Asian, and 0.81% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.77% of the population. There were 1,138 households, out of which 31.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.7% were couples living together and joined in either

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, 9.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.4% were non-families. 24.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.92. In the town, the population was spread out, with 24.7% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 26.7% from 45 to 64, and 12.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.2 males. The median income for a household in the town was $38,650, and the median income for a family was $44,185. Males had a median income of $30,000 versus $25,304 for females. The

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for the town was $20,293. About 3.2% of families and 5.8% of the population were below the

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, including 4.4% of those under age 18 and 7.1% of those age 65 or over.

Villages and bygone villages

* Garfield is located in the northeast corner of Hyde Park. In the late 1800s, Garfield was a village with a store, a post office (added in 1890), a school, and two sawmills. In 1922 the sawmill owned by Charles William Manning (1864–1946) burned down and he decided not to replace it, causing the loss of many jobs. Residents began to leave Garfield. Eventually their abandoned farms reverted to wilderness. The area remains thickly wooded and sparsely developed to this day. It is best known as the Morrisville turnoff point for the Green River Reservoir State Park. *

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is in the southern part of town, on a hill rising above the north bank of the Lamoille River * North Hyde Park is in the northwest corner of the town, along the Gihon River. Part of the settled area extends west into the town of

. * Centerville is in the center of the town, along Centerville Road where it crosses Centerville Brook, a south-flowing tributary of the Lamoille.

Notable people

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, member of the

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and assistant to

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* Frank Ellis Boynton, American

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* Vernon A. Bullard,

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for the District of Vermont *

Benjamin N. Hulburd Benjamin Noyes Hulburd (May 21, 1898 – April 9, 1964) was an American attorney, politician, and judge who served as an associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court from 1955 to 1959, and chief justice from 1959 to 1963. Early life and educat ...

, Chief Justice of the

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* Roger W. Hulburd,

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Carroll S. Page Carroll Smalley Page (January 10, 1843December 3, 1925) was an American businessman and politician. He served as the 43rd governor of Vermont and a United States senator. A native of Westfield, Vermont, Page was the son of a successful farmer ...

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* Wayne H. Page, Adjutant General of the

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, Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court * H. Henry Powers,

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* Anson P. K. Safford, governor of the

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, pioneering female physician

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