Sleepy Hollow


  • Type: Village

Sleepy Hollow, located on the Hudson River about 25 miles north of Manhattan (forty minutes by train), is a quiet village, known to many from Washington Irving's short story, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. The 1685 Old Dutch Church is a National Historic Landmark and a great place to read the tale. - AsNotedIn


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PLACES

Name of Notable Genus AsNotedIn Address Proximity
Name Genus AsNotedIn Address Proximity
Philipsburg Manor
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  • NRHP
  • US NHL
381 Bellwood Ave
Old Dutch Church
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  • NRHP
  • US NHL
430E side N Broadway Devries Ave, On N Broadway (US 9)
Tarrytown Lighthouse
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  • NRHP
Spans Hudson River
Philipse Manor Railroad Station
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  • NRHP
Riverside Dr and Millard Jct of Riverside Dr and Millard
Edward Harden Mansion
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  • NRHP
200 N Broadway
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
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  • NRHP
540 N Broadway Harwood Ave

Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1655/00/00 Dutch colonist, Adriaen Van der Donck, publishes a reference to the Pocantico River as Slapershaven (Sleepers' Haven). Sleepy Hollow appears to be a later, Anglicized version of this name that originally applied to the valley of the Pocantico River. Settling the American Colonies

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Locale Type Village



Creative Works »

WorkTypeAsNotedInCreatorNote
Sleepy Hollow (film) Film
Tim Burton Setting: Sleepy Hollow, 1799
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (short story) Short Story Washington Irving "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is set in Sleepy Hollow, 1790.

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