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Hudson Valley

Hawthorne, New York

Hawthorne is a hamlet — a community without a village government of its own — in Westchester County, part of New York's Hudson Valley region, with about 4,600 residents at the 2020 census.

Historic estates, farm-to-table towns, and Hudson River art and mountains. Hawthorne sits in that part of the state.

Type
Hamlet (CDP)
County
Westchester
Region
Hudson Valley
Population (2020)
4,646
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Notes in and around Hawthorne

Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.

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Nearby · History & Culture

Washington Irving rests in the cemetery that gave the village its name

Sleepy Hollow got its name from Washington Irving's 1820 tale of the Headless Horseman. Irving himself is buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, where his simple gravestone is the most-visited spot.

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Nearby · History & Culture

Mount Pleasant Follows Pocantico Roads

Rockefeller State Park Preserve gives Mount Pleasant carriage roads, open fields, and Pocantico estate landscape in public view.

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Nearby · History & Culture

Lyndhurst gives Tarrytown a Gothic river-estate layer

Lyndhurst gives Tarrytown Gothic Revival architecture, Hudson River estate history, and a public cultural landscape.

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Nearby · History & Culture

You Can Walk or Bike Across the Hudson on the Mario Cuomo Bridge

The crossing folks here still call the Tappan Zee has a 3.6-mile shared path with six river overlooks, and it starts right in Tarrytown at 333 South Broadway.

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Nearby · The Outdoors

Kensico Dam Plaza turns water infrastructure into civic space

Kensico Dam Plaza gives central Westchester waterworks scale, public events, fitness space, and a county gathering ground.

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Nearby · History & Culture

Stone Barns Makes Pocantico Hills Food Culture Visible

Stone Barns Center gives Westchester a working farm, food education, and a Pocantico Hills landscape tied to public programs and old estate ground.

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Nearby · History & Culture

Jacob Burns Film Center gives Pleasantville a real arts address

Jacob Burns Film Center gives Pleasantville a nonprofit cinema and education center that makes film culture part of the village identity.

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Nearby · History & Culture

The Tarrytown Lighthouse Makes the River a Working Landmark

The Tarrytown Lighthouse, now in Sleepy Hollow, keeps Hudson River navigation and shoreline change visible in one compact landmark.

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Nearby · History & Culture

Tarrytown Music Hall Keeps Main Street Theatrical

Tarrytown Music Hall gives the village a working 1880s theater presence in the middle of its downtown fabric.

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Property tax snapshot

About $13–$29 per $1,000 in Westchester County

Combined full-value rate — county + town/city + school district, per $1,000 of market value (FY2025). On a $300,000 home that's about $3,933–$8,699 a year before the STAR break. A hamlet has no government of its own — it's taxed at the rates of the town it sits in.

A planning estimate, not a bill. Your exact rate depends on your school district and any village. Confirm with the assessor.

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Tax rates: NYS Dept of Taxation & Finance (ORPTS), Real Property Tax Rates and Levy Data by Municipality, data.ny.gov dataset iq85-sdzs. (FY2025). Population: U.S. Census 2020. Reviewed June 2026. Source data ->

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