[2] The cemetery is a non-profit, non-sectarian burying ground of about 90 acres (36 ha).

In 1894 under the leadership of Marcius D. Raymond, publisher of the local Tarrytown Argus newspaper, funds were raised to build a granite monument honoring the soldiers of the American Revolutionary War buried in the cemetery.

She had her husband's body moved from its resting place in Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York) to the new mausoleum.

[6][7] Numerous notable people are interred at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, including:[1] Several outdoor scenes from the feature film House of Dark Shadows (1970) were filmed at the cemetery's receiving vault.

The cemetery also served as a location for the Ramones' 1989 music video "Pet Sematary".