The town was named for Captain Jedediah Hyde, an early landowner who was a veteran of the American Revolutionary War.

Vermont Route 15 crosses the southern part of the town, passing through Hyde Park village; it leads northwest 5 miles (8 km) to Johnson and southeast 15 miles (24 km) to Hardwick.

Route 100 leads north through North Hyde Park 33 miles (53 km) to the Newport area, while to the south it leads 11 miles (18 km) to Stowe.

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 marriage or civil union, 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.