The village of Kinderhook, New York is an old Dutch village that was settled in the 1600s, shortly after Henry Hudson voyaged up the river that now bears his name. Early inhabitants settled around what is now Stuyvesant Landing and gradually moved inland. The town originally stretched from the Hudson River to what is now the town of Chatham. Kinderhook means "Children's Corner" in Dutch and still retains its colonial Dutch atmosphere. Research indicates that on September 15, 1609 the explorer Henry Hudson and the crew of the Half Moon met the Mohicans in this area for the first time, and the history of the Mohican Nation was changed forever. Another good source of information on the culture, various tribes, education, history, geography, and links to other webpages is the Native American Site established by Lisa Mitten, a librarian at the University of Pittsburgh, who describes herself as a "Mohawk urban Indian." Kinderhook is steeped in history. Washington Irving wrote his classic story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" while staying at Lindenwald, the home of Martin Van Buren. The Van Alen House, built in 1737, is just north of Lindenwald on route 9H. The house is now a museum, along with the original Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse adjoining it, quite faithfully described by Irving. A fascinating account of the early history of the Kinderhook area was published by the Village in 1976 for the Bicentennial.  Kinderhook is a village in Columbia County, in the Hudson metro area. The community name derives from Dutch for "children's point" The community is in the Eastern Standard time zone.  Kinderhook is on Kinderhook Creek Early Dutch settlement An early tavern was kept by Abraham Van Buren, father of the president 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 Well-known residents have included: · President