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
| Name of Notable | Genus | AsNotedIn | Address | Proximity | |
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| Philipsburg Manor |
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381 | Bellwood Ave | |
| Old Dutch Church |
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430E side | N Broadway | Devries Ave, On N Broadway (US 9) |
| Tarrytown Lighthouse |
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Spans Hudson River | ||
| Philipse Manor Railroad Station |
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Riverside Dr and Millard | Jct of Riverside Dr and Millard | |
| Edward Harden Mansion |
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200 | N Broadway | |
| Sleepy Hollow Cemetery |
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540 | N Broadway | Harwood Ave |
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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| 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 |
| Work | Type | AsNotedIn | Creator | Note |
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| Sleepy Hollow (film) | Film |
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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. |