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Place Name
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Sleepy Hollow
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Place Status (Type)
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village
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Location
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Westchester County, New York (NY), United States, North America
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Latitude
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41°05'N
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Longitude
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73°52'W
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Sleepy Hollow
, residential village, Westchester co., SE N.Y., on E bank of
the Hudson R., just N of Tarrytown; 41°05'N 73°52'W. Originally
called Beekmanton, name was changed to North Tarrytown in 1874. In
1996, name was changed again to Sleepy Hollow in honor of Washington
Irving's famous short story “Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” which was
set here. Many sites in town are associated with the story. In 1900,
some of the nation's 1st autos, including the Walker Steamer and the
Maxwell gas-powered vehicle, began to be produced at a site along the
Hudson R. In 1914, Chevrolet production began. General Motors Corp.
produced 11 million cars, trucks, and minivans at this plant until it
closed on June 28, 1996. Site of historic Phillipsburg Manor (c.1683)
with collections relating to Irving (who lived nearby and is buried
here) and John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (KyKuit, Rockefeller family estate,
also here). Old Du. Reformed Church with 311-year-old bell and
cemetery. Capture here of the Br. spy John Andre revealed
Benedict Arnold's clandestine pro-Br. efforts in the Amer.
Revolution.
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