Sleepy Hollow, Illinois

Sleepy Hollow is a village in Kane County, Illinois, United States. The population was 3,553 at the 2000 census.

Various streets in the village are named after characters in Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, including Headless Horseman Drive and Ichabod Crane Drive. Other morbid names of streets include Hemlock Drive and Beau Brummel Drive.

Geography

Sleepy Hollow is located at 42°5′27″N, 88°18′44″W (42.090792, -88.312314)¹.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 5.3 km² (2.0 mi²). 5.2 km² (2.0 mi²) of it is land and 0.49% is water.

Sleepy Hollow is generally bounded by Randall Road to the West, Illinois Route 72 to the North, Illinois Route 31 to the East and Boncosky Road to the South.

Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there were 3,553 people, 1,185 households, and 1,026 families residing in the village. The population density was 682.5/km² (1,766.3/mi²). There were 1,207 housing units at an average density of 231.9/km² (600.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 93.33% White, 0.65% African American, 0.06% Native American, 2.17% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.77% from other races, and 2.00% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.77% of the population.

There were 1,185 households out of which 45.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 78.8% were married couples living together, 5.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 13.4% were non-families. 10.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 2.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.00 and the average family size was 3.22.

In the village the population was spread out with 30.5% under the age of 18, 5.5% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 28.6% from 45 to 64, and 6.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 102.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.1 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $91,279, and the median income for a family was $93,629. Males had a median income of $67,379 versus $40,260 for females. The per capita income for the village was $31,005. About 1.5% of families and 1.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.2% of those under age 18 and 4.8% of those age 65 or over.

History

The village is on the site of Sleepy Hollow Farm, which was owned by the late J. H. McNabb, board chairman of Bell and Howell Company. McNabb's heirs, sold the farm to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Polivka, who sold it in turn to Floyd T. Falese in 1953. To retain the rural charm and natural contour of the location, Falese retained the services of a prominent planner and landscape architect, Raymond W. Hazekamp, who laid out a pattern of meandering roads, without curbs or sidewalks, that wound into curvilinear cul-de-sacs, avoiding the destruction of a single tree.

Falese developed lakes in Sleepy Hollow from existing springs and stocked them with fish. Lake Paula and Lake Sharon were first ones completed with Lake Ichabod dug in 1962. Falese created Lake Legend and Lake Jacqueline in 1967. Those lakes are still a focal point, and the village owns and maintains several of them. Falese was also a horse lover and viewed horse ownership as an element of country living. Early residents of the village could keep horses on their property with outlots used as bridle paths.

The designs were carefully selected to enhance what Falese called "the Sleepy Hollow concept of good living." Unlike other subdivision where the developer was also the exclusive builder of homes, Falese encouraged multiple builders and custom-built homes. However, in the 1960's many of the homes were pre-fabricated Scholz Design Homes^[1]

Falese marketed lots in the unincorporated subdivision called "Sleepy Hollow Manor." In 1958, the residents voted to incorporate Sleepy Hollow as a separate village rather than being annexed to West Dundee, Illinois. In 1958, the Faleses purchased the Petitti farm, and in 1961 the Winmoor and Whitney farms added to the family holdings.^[2] By 1960, Sleepy Hollow's population was 311. By 1970, it grew to 1,729. The only commercial activity was the Sleepy Hollow Resort Motel (later renamed the Chateau Louise) and Crichton's Super Mart.^[3] In 1966, the Glen Oak Country Club was opened as an outdoor pool facility (which was later transferred to the Dundee Township Park District.)^[4] Later, the Sleepy Hollow Elementary School was opened adjacent to the pool.

Sleepy Hollow population continues to increase as the remaining lots in Falese's original subdivision are developed and as three other adjacent subdivisions were annexed: Hickory Hollow, Saddle Club Estates, and Surrey Ridge and the Bluff.^[5] Sleepy Hollow's ability to annex additional land to the west and south is limited by an agreement with Elgin, Illinois which also provides for Elgin to supply water to the village.^[6]

Although it shares its name with Washington Irving's famous short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", Sleepy Hollow, Illinois is not the original town about which Irving wrote. That distinction belongs to the town of Sleepy Hollow, New York, formerly known as North Tarrytown.

Famous Sleepy Hollow residents

• Christopher Carter, mentalist
• Cherise Vonae Haugen, 1984 Miss Teen USA
• John Platt, computer scientist

External links

• City of Sleepy Hollow[1]

Coordinates: 42.090792° N 88.312314° W

• Original subdivision plan[2]
• 1989 satellite view[3]

1. ^ http://www.scholzdesign.com
2. ^ http://www.sleepy-hollow.il.us/compplan/development.html#3a
3. ^ http://www.sleepy-hollow.il.us/quiz/howwell.html#q12
4. ^ http://www.dtpd.org/pages/pools.html
5. ^ http://sleepy-hollow.il.us/profiles/sh_profile1.html
6. ^ http://www.sleepy-hollow.il.us/compplan/apx_landuse.html

Municipalities and communities of Kane County, Illinois
County seat: Geneva
Cities	Aurora | Batavia | Elgin | Geneva | St. Charles
Villages	Algonquin | Barrington Hills | Big Rock | Burlington | Campton Hills | Carpentersville | East Dundee | Elburn | Gilberts | Hampshire | Huntley | Kaneville | Lily Lake | Maple Park | Montgomery | North Aurora | Pingree Grove | Sleepy Hollow | South Elgin | Sugar Grove | Virgil | Wayne | West Dundee
Townships	Aurora | Batavia | Big Rock | Blackberry | Burlington | Campton | Dundee | Elgin | Geneva | Hampshire | Kaneville | Plato | Rutland | St. Charles | Sugar Grove | Virgil
Unincorporated communities	Lafox | Mooseheart | Plato Center | Valley View | Wasco

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