Sleepy Hollow, New York

For other uses, see Sleepy Hollow (disambiguation).

of land mainly in todays southern Westchester County.

Comprising some 52,000 acres (81 sq mi) of land, it was
bounded by the Spuyten Duyvil Creek, the Croton River,
Sleepy Hollow is a village in the town of Mount Pleasant
in Westchester County, New York. The village is located the Hudson River, and the Bronx River. Philipse was
granted a royal charter in 1693, creating the Manor of
on the east bank of the Hudson River, about 30 miles (48
[3]
km) north of New York City, and is served by the Philipse Philipsburg and establishing him as rst lord.
Manor stop on the Metro-North Hudson Line.
In todays Sleepy Hollow he established an upper mill and
The village is known as the setting of "The Legend of shipping depot, today part of the Philipse Manor House
Sleepy Hollow", a short story featuring the Headless historic site. A pious man, he was architect and nancier
said also to have built
Horseman by Washington Irving, who lived in neighbor- of the towns Old Dutch Church,
[4]
the
pulpit
with
his
own
hands.
ing Tarrytown and is buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
Originally incorporated as North Tarrytown in the late
19th century, in 1996 the village ocially adopted the
traditional name for the area, known to many via The
Legend of Sleepy Hollow.[1] To the south of Sleepy Hollow is the village of Tarrytown, and to the north and east
are unincorporated parts of Mount Pleasant. The population of the village at the 2010 census was 9,870.[2]

When Philipse died in 1702, the manor was divided

between his son, Adolphus Philipse, and his grandson,
Frederick Philipse II. Adolph received the Upper Mills
property, which extended from Dobbs Ferry to the Croton River. Frederick II was given the Lower Mills at
the conuence of the Saw Mill and Hudson Rivers, the
two parcels being reunited on his uncles death. His
III, became the third lord of the manor
The village is home to the Philipsburg Manor House son, Frederick
in 1751.[5]
and the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow, as well
as the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, where Washington Irv- In 1779, Frederick Philipse III, a Loyalist, was attainted
ing, Andrew Carnegie, Walter P. Chrysler, Brooke As- for treason, The manor was conscated and sold at pubtor, Elizabeth Arden, Thomas J. Watson of IBM, Samuel lic auction, ending split between 287 buyers. The largest
Gompers, and many others are buried.
tract of land (about 750 acres (300 ha)) was at the Upper Mills; it passed to numerous owners until 1951, when
it was acquired by Sleepy Hollow Restorations. Thanks
to the philanthropy of John D. Rockefeller Jr., about 20
1 History
acres (8.1 ha) were restored as todays historic site.[5]

2 Geography
Sleepy Hollow is located at 41531N 735152W /
41.09194N 73.86444W (41.091998, 73.864361).[6]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village
has a total area of 5.1 square miles (13 km2 ), of which
2.3 square miles (6.0 km2 ) is land and 2.8 square miles
(7.3 km2 ), or 55.58%, is water.[7]

3 Demographics
As of the census[8] of 2010, there were 9,870 people,
3,181 households, and 2,239 families residing in the village. The population density was 4,054.7 people per
square mile (1,566.9/km). There were 3,253 housing units at an average density of 1,431.8 per square
mile (553.3/km). The racial makeup of the village

Philipsburg Manor House at the Upper Mills

The land that would become Sleepy Hollow was rst

bought from Adriaen van der Donck, a patroon in New
Netherland before the English takeover in 1664. Starting
in 1672 Frederick Philipse began acquiring large parcels
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was 61.01% Caucasian, 6.21% African American, 0.83%
Native American, 3.25% Asian, 0.01% Pacic Islander,
23.47% from other races, and 5.22% from two or more
races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 51.04% of the
population, many of whom are Ecuadorian, Dominican,
Chilean, and Puerto Rican.
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.

POPULAR CULTURE

5 Emergency services
As of 2014 the villages police department had twenty
seven ocers, three civilians employees and four school
crossing guards.[10] The village is also served by the New
York State Police and Westchester County Department
of Public Safety.[11] Police ocers from the villages of
Sleepy Hollow and Dobbs Ferry, the town of Greenburgh
and the New York State Police make up a Marine /
H.E.A.T. Unit.[12] As of 2006 police base salaries were
low compared to other Westchester County forces, in part
due to the lower tax base.[13]

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%
One of the three re engines during a parade in nearby
of the population were below the poverty line, including Pleasantville
9.3% of those under age 18 and 7.9% of those age 65 or
over.
The Sleepy Hollow Fire Patrol, now the Sleepy Hollow Fire Department, was organized in 1876 and within
twenty ve years had grown to ve companies in three re
stations. As of 2012 there were three engines, one tower
ladder and two boats, as well as other equipment. The
4 Notable landmarks
re department is run by volunteers and responds to over
three hundred calls each year.[14]
Emergency medical services in Sleepy Hollow depend on
volunteers assisted by paid sta. The Ambulance Corps
has two basic life support ambulances. Mount Pleasant
Paramedics provides advanced life support.[15]

6 Popular culture

Edward Harden Mansion

The Edward Harden Mansion, Patriots Park, Philipse

Manor Railroad Station, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, and
Tarrytown Light are listed on the National Register of
Historic Places. The Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow and Philipsburg Manor House are listed as National
Historic Landmarks.[9] Also of note are Rockefeller State
Park Preserve, Kingsland Point Park and Philipse Manor
Beach Club.

Sleepy Hollow is the setting of Washington Irving's

1820 short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
and its many subsequent iterations, including, perhaps most notably, Sleepy Hollow, a 1999 Tim Burton lm.
Sleepy Hollow is the setting of the television series
Sleepy Hollow, though in this series, Sleepy Hollow
is greatly expanded from a small village to a city with
a population of 144,000, as indicated by a sign at the
beginning of the pilot episode. Several aerial shots
of the actual village are incorporated into the series.
Sleepy Hollow has been used as a lming location
for many motion picture and television productions

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including: the 1955 lm The Scarlet Coat, partially
about Revolutionary War traitor Benedict Arnold's
associate John Andre's capture in the village; the
1970 lm adaptation of the Dark Shadows television
series, House of Dark Shadows; Woody Allen's 1995
lm Mighty Aphrodite; the Tale of the Midnight
Ride episode of the television series Are You Afraid
of the Dark?; Sidney Lumet's 1999 lm Gloria; the
1999 remake of The Thomas Crown Aair; the
2000 lm The Family Man; the 2003 lm Super
Troopers; the 2005 lm Lord of War; Robert De
Niro's 2006 lm The Good Shepherd; the 2012 lm
Why Stop Now; the 2013 lm The English Teacher;
the Two Boats and a Helicopter episode of the
television series The Leftovers; and the 2014 lm "A
Good Marriage".
Sleepy Hollow is a location in the 2014 game
Assassins Creed Rogue.
Sleepy Hollow is the location for the book The Hollow by Jessica Verday.[16]
Hometown hero Caitlyn Jenner led TV journalist
Diane Sawyer on a tour of the village and neighboring Tarrytown during her landmark 2015 interview
on 20/20.

Notable residents
Karen Finley, performance artist
Elsie Janis, singer, songwriter, actress, and screenwriter
Caitlyn Jenner, decorated Olympian, television personality, and activist

[2] Prole of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Prole Data (DP-1): Sleepy Hollow village, New York. U.S. Census Bureau, American
Factnder. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
[3] Eisenstadt, Peter (2005). New York State: An Introduction. Encyclopedia of the State of New York (First ed.).
Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press. p. 1199.
ISBN 0-8156-0808-X.
[4] Edited Appletons Encyclopedia, Famous Americans: Biography of Frederick Philipse: "...He worked at the carpenters trade for several years, aided in building the Old
Dutch church, and is said to have made the pulpit with his
own hands.
[5] Maika, Dennis J. (2005). Philipsburg Manor. In Peter
Eisenstadt. Encyclopedia of the State of New York (First
ed.). Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press. p.
1199. ISBN 0-8156-0808-X.
[6] US Gazetteer les: 2010, 2000, and 1990. United
States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-0423.
[7] http://censusviewer.com/city/NY/Sleepy%20Hollow
[8] American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau.
Retrieved 2008-01-31.
[9] National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
[10] Police Department. Village of Sleepy Hollow. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
[11] Sleepy Hollow Village Court. Law Oce of Jared Altman. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
[12] Special Operations Unit. Greenburgh Police Department. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
[13] Robert Bonvento (2006-07-28). Whats Fair and Whats
Enough..., Negotiating A New Police Contract. River
Journal. Retrieved 2014-07-28.

Joseph L. Levesque, former President of Niagara

University

[14] Janie Rosman (2012-07-07). Sleepy Hollow Fireghters

Well Equipped to Protect Village. The Hudson Independent. Retrieved 2014-07-28.

David Rockefeller, Sr., banker and philanthropist

[15] Ambulance Corp. Village of Sleepy Hollow. Retrieved

2014-07-28.

Adam Savage, co-host of the television show [16] JessicaVerday.com

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See also

10 External links
Village of Sleepy Hollow ocial website

Administrative divisions of New York

Sleepy Hollow Fire Department

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

Notes

[1] Berger, Joseph (December 11, 1996). North Tarrytown

Votes to Pursue Its Future as Sleepy Hollow. The New
York Times. Retrieved November 18, 2011.

The Hudson Independent (local paper)

Tarrytown-Sleepy Hollow Patch
Sleepy Hollow travel guide from Wikivoyage

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