Hyde Park, St. Louis

Hyde Park
Neighborhood of St. Louis
Houses in Hyde Park, April 2018

Location of Hyde Park within St. Louis
Country United States
State Missouri
City St. Louis
Wards 3, 5
Government
  Aldermen
  • Brandon Bosley
  • Tammika Hubbard
Area
  Total 0.57 sq mi (1.5 km2)
Population (2010)[1]
  Total 2,668
  Density 4,700/sq mi (1,800/km2)
ZIP code(s) Part of 63107
Area code(s) 314
Website stlouis-mo.gov

Hyde Park is a neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. A historic North St. Louis neighborhood, Hyde Park is bound by Ferry to the North, I-70 to the East, Palm Street and Natural Bridge Avenue to the South, and Glasgow to the West.

The community has the name of William Hyde.[2]

The neighborhood lost its prosperity to industrial disinvestment following World War II. Harland Bartholomew included Hyde Park among the neighborhoods destined for "slum clearance," and with the departure of General Motors, the North Side fell on its way to becoming a "ghost town." Racial conflicts were apparent. The mostly Caucasian leadership referred to the plans for Hyde Park and other neighborhoods in the urban core as "urban renewal," while the African-American leaders within the community referred to it as "Negro removal."[3]

Demographics

In 2010 Hyde Park's population was 84.8% Black, 13.6% White, and 1.3% Two or More Races. 0.9% of the population was of Hispanic or Latino origin.[4]

References

  1. Census Summary By Neighborhoods
  2. "St. Louis County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
  3. http://juh.sagepub.com/content/31/2/151
  4. http://dynamic.stlouis-mo.gov/census/neighborhood.cfm

Coordinates: 38°39′44″N 90°12′14″W / 38.6623°N 90.2039°W / 38.6623; -90.2039


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