Editing Washington Irving (section)

===Memorials===
[[File:Washington Irving2 1940 Issue-1c.jpg|thumb|Washington Irving, [[Postage stamps and postal history of the United States#Famous Americans Series of 1940|postage stamp]], 1940|132x132px]]
[[File:WASHINGTON-IRVING-ALHAMBRA-0.jpg|thumb|178x178px|Statue in Granada, Spain]]
The village of Dearman, New York, changed its name to "[[Irvington, New York|Irvington]]" in 1854 to honor Washington Irving, who was living in nearby [[Sunnyside (Tarrytown, New York)|Sunnyside]], which is preserved as a museum.<ref>Sunnyside was considered to be part of Irvington (or Dearman) at the time; the neighboring village of Tarrytown incorporated in 1870, two years before Irvington. The estate ended up in Tarrytown rather than Irvington after the boundaries were drawn.</ref> Influential residents of the village prevailed upon the [[Hudson River Railroad]], which had reached the village by 1849,<ref name=foundation>Dodsworth (1995)</ref> to change the name of the train station to "Irvington", and the village incorporated as Irvington on April 16, 1872.<ref name="scharf">{{cite book| last=Scharf| title=History of Westchester County| year=1886| volume=2| page=190| chapter=II| url=http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/towns/irvingtn.htm}}</ref><ref name="chamber">{{cite web|url=http://www.irvingtonnychamber.com/about_irvington_NY.html |title=About Irvington, NY |year=2007 |publisher=Village of Irvington Chamber of Commerce |access-date=May 14, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206091628/http://www.irvingtonnychamber.com/about_irvington_NY.html |archive-date=December 6, 2008 }}</ref><ref name="living1992">{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/19/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-irvington.html| title= If You're Thinking of Living in: Irvington| last=Vizard| first=Mary McAleer| date=April 19, 1992| work=New York Times| access-date=May 14, 2009}}</ref>

The town of [[Knickerbocker, Texas]], was founded by two of Irving's nephews, who named it in honor of their uncle's literary pseudonym.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://irvingtx.net/common/irving-history.html|website=IrvingTX.net|title=Irving History|access-date=March 28, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818163830/http://irvingtx.net/common/irving-history.html|archive-date=August 18, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> The city of [[Irving, Texas]], states that it is named for Washington Irving.<ref>{{cite web|title=Declaration that Irving, TX is named for Washington Irving.|url=http://cityofirving.org/documentcenter/view/6461|access-date=September 26, 2014}}</ref>

[[Irvington, New Jersey]] is also named after Irving. It was incorporated on March 27, 1874, from parts of Clinton Township (Clinton Township is now part of [[Newark, New Jersey]] since 1902).

Irving Street in [[San Francisco]] is named after him.<ref>''The Chronicle'' April 12, 1987, p.6</ref>

The [[Irving Park, Chicago|Irving Park]] neighborhood in Chicago are named for him as well, though the original name of the subdivision was Irvington and then later Irving Park before annexation to Chicago.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/655.html|title=Irving Park|website=www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org}}</ref> The major Chicago thoroughfare [[Illinois Route 19]] is also named Irving Park Road.

[[Honesdale Star Park|Gibbons Memorial Park]], located in [[Honesdale, Pennsylvania]], is located on Irving Cliff, which was named after him.<ref>"[http://www.waynehistorypa.org/page/irving-cliff Washington Irving, Irving Cliff and the Ill-fated Irving Cliff Hotel]", Wayne County Historical Society ({{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191119063959/http://www.waynehistorypa.org/page/irving-cliff |date=November 19, 2019 }})</ref>

The [[Irvington Historic District (Indianapolis)|Irvington]] neighborhood in Indianapolis is also one of the many communities named after him.<ref>[https://irvingtondevelopment.org/why-we-do/about-irvington/ Irvington Development Organization]</ref>

Irving College (1838–1890) in [[Irving College, Tennessee]], was named for Irving.<ref>Larry Miller, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=zOzPQYkkbaAC&vq Tennessee Place Names]'' (Indiana University Press, 2001), p. 107.</ref>

There is a statue of Irving in Granada, Spain.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alhambra-patronato.es/edificios-lugares/monumento-a-washington-irving|title=Monumento a Washington Irving|website=Patronato de la Alhambra y Generalife|access-date=January 24, 2024|language=es}}</ref>

The Village of North Tarrytown, New York, changed its name to Sleepy Hollow in 1996 to honor Washington Irving and capitalize on the popularity of the story "The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Feloni |first=Richard |title=How the 'Legend of Sleepy Hollow' saved a tiny industrial town in New York |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/how-sleepy-hollow-saved-north-tarrytown-2015-10 |access-date=January 16, 2024 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}</ref>

[[Washington Irving Memorial Park and Arboretum]], located in [[Bixby, Oklahoma]], is named in honor of Washington Irving and features an amphitheater stage with a replica façade of his Sunnyside home. The home includes a statue of Irving seated on the porch of the home. Among the tributes to Irving are memorials to the victims of the Oklahoma City Bombing and the World Trade Center attacks, with a steel beam from the towers on display. The park is also the site of local community events, including the annual Bixby BBQ and Blues festival.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.travelok.com/listings/view.profile/id.23900 | title=Washington Irving Memorial Park & Arboretum }}</ref>