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Kinderhook New York |
Kinderhook is located in Columbia County between Stuyvesant and Valatie along Highway 9 int the Southern Region of the state. This small community is located south of Albany on the east side of the Hudson River. It is best known as the birthplace of Martin Van Buren.
Its name derives from Dutch for "children's point". Characters in Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" were patterned after local residents; students here attend the Ichabod Crane High School and their mascot is a headless horseman.
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Kinderhook Memorial Library (Libraries)
Liberty Restaurant (Restaurants)
Van Schaack House (Bed and Breakfasts)
