Sleepy Hollow, New York
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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. 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).
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.
[edit] Geography
Sleepy Hollow is located at (41.091998, -73.864361)GR1. 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.
[edit] Demographics
Sleepy Hollow has a large Hispanic population. Half of Sleepy Hollow's residents are mostly Ecuadorian and Dominican, while the remainder are mostly white non-Hispanic.
As of the censusGR2 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Notable Residents
- Ned Mahoney, Semi Pro Golfer & Entrepreneur
- Joe Queenan, Critic
[edit] Points of interest
[edit] 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
- Sleepy Hollow travel guide from Wikitravel
- Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Google Maps, or Yahoo! Maps, or Windows Live Local
- Satellite image from Google Maps, Windows Live Local, WikiMapia
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
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