Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Main entrance to Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
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Established1849 (1849)
Location
540 N. Broadway, Sleepy Hollow, New York
Coordinates41°05′48″N 73°51′41″W / 41.0966218°N 73.8614183°W / 41.0966218; -73.8614183
Size90 acres (36 ha)[1]
No. of intermentsapprox. 45,000[2]
WebsiteOfficial website
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Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is located in New York
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Areaapprox. 85 acres (34 ha)[2]
NRHP reference No.09000380[3]
Added to NRHPJune 3, 2009

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, New York, is the final resting place of numerous famous figures, including Washington Irving, whose 1820 short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is set in the adjacent burying ground at the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow. Incorporated in 1849 as Tarrytown Cemetery, the site posthumously honored Irving's request that it change its name to Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[2]

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  2. ^ a b c "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form" (PDF). National Park Service. 3 June 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 August 2017.
  3. ^ "National Register Information System – Sleepy Hollow Cemetery (#09000380)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.