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'Sleepy Hollow' is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. Known as 'North Tarrytown' from 1874 through 1997, it was officially renamed in March 1997. Sleepy Hollow is located in the town of Mount Pleasant. From the end of the American Revolution to incorporation in 1874, the hamlet was called Beekmantown. It is the location of Philipsburg Manor, as well as the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow and Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, where Washington Irving is buried (among others such as Andrew Carnegie and Walter P. Chrysler).
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., whose family estate of Kykuit has public tours commencing from the Philipsburg Manor, established ''Sleepy Hollow Restorations'' in 1951, an organization under whose auspices he arranged for the preservation or restoration of three historical sites in the area: Philipsburg Manor; Sunnyside, the home of Washington Irving; and Van Cortlandt Manor. This organization is now called 'Historic Hudson Valley'.

Contents

The legend

Geography

Demographics

Possible merger

Trivia

Notable Residents

Points of interest

Foot Notes

External links

The legend

Sleepy Hollow is the setting of the famous Washington Irving ghost story, ''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow''.

Geography

Sleepy Hollow is located at (41.091998, -73.864361). As a village, it is located in the Town of Mount Pleasant.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 13.2 km² (5.1 mi²). 5.9 km² (2.3 mi²) of it is land and 7.4 km² (2.8 mi²) of it (55.58%) is water.

Demographics

Sleepy Hollow has a large Hispanic population. Half of Sleepy Hollow's residents are mostly Dominican, while the remainder are mostly white non-Hispanic.
As of the census of 2000, there were 9,212 people, 3,181 households, and 2,239 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,566.9/km² (4,054.7/mi²). There were 3,253 housing units at an average density of 553.3/km² (1,431.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 67.64% White, 5.23% African American, 0.84% Native American, 1.87% Asian, 0.09% Pacific Islander, 18.82% from other races, and 5.51% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 45.08% of the population.
There were 3,181 households out of which 36.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.5% were married couples living together, 13.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.6% were non-families. 23.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.89 and the average family size was 3.37.
In the village the population was spread out with 25.0% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 36.7% from 25 to 44, 18.9% from 45 to 64, and 10.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 103.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.9 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $54,201, and the median income for a family was $63,889. Males had a median income of $39,923 versus $32,146 for females. The per capita income for the village was $28,325. About 5.7% of families and 7.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.3% of those under age 18 and 7.9% of those age 65 or over.

Possible merger

Sleepy Hollow Mayor Philip Zegarelli, in March 2007 met with Tarrytown Mayor Drew Fixell and district superintendent Dr. Howard Smith to discuss forming a blue ribbon panel that would explore the pros and cons of an intermunicipal agreement.
The two villages have shared a school district for 55 years. The villages already shared some services to lower their expenses, but the greatest reductions, however, especially in school and property taxes, would come from merging the two villages
The problem, Zegarelli said, is that each village has its own assessment role. “People complain about taxes overall. In particular, they’re talking about school taxes,” he said. “By definition it’s not equal. It’s very important to have a standardized assessment role.”
Zegarelli, who led an unsuccessful attempt in the mid-1970s to disaffiliate Sleepy Hollow from the town of Mount Pleasant, continues to advocate for secession — Sleepy Hollow from Mount Pleasant and Tarrytown from Greenburgh — as another way to save money. “If the idea is to save money, why have two levels of government?” he asked. The town of Mount Pleasant blocked Sleepy Hollow’s effort to secede, largely because it did not want to lose tax revenue from General Motors, Zegarelli said.[1]

Trivia

★ The village of Sleepy Hollow has a Thoroughbred horse race run every year in its name at Belmont Park called the Sleepy Hollow Stakes.

★ WWE's Triple H and Stephanie McMahon had their wedding ceremony here.

Notable Residents

★ Joe Queenan, Critic

★ Aaron Copland, Composer; (deceased 2 December, 1990)

Points of interest

★ Kykuit

★ Philipsburg Manor

★ Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow

★ Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

Foot Notes

1. ^''To Merge or Not to Merge by Andrea Kott, The Hudson Independent 04/30/07

External links

★ Sleepy Hollow official website

★ A Brief History of Sleepy Hollow

★ Sleepy Hollow Town Page

★ Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

★ Old Dutch Burying Ground of Sleepy Hollow

★ The Hudson Independent (Local Paper)

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