Editing Westchester County, New York (section)

== In popular culture ==
[[File:Old Dutch Church, Sleepy Hollow, NY.jpg|thumb|upright|The [[Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow|Old Dutch Church]] in Sleepy Hollow]]
Westchester County has been the home of many novelists, including [[Washington Irving]]. His most famous work is "[[The Legend of Sleepy Hollow]]", which is set at the [[Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow]] among other locations in [[Sleepy Hollow, New York]]. The story has inspired a variety of works, including the 2013 television series ''[[Sleepy Hollow (TV series)|Sleepy Hollow]]'', set in the modern village.

In the ''[[X-Men]]'' multimedia series, the [[X-Mansion]] is located on the Titicus Reservoir, on Graymalkin Lane, outside of Salem Center.{{sfnp|Sanderson|2007|p=214}} At the mansion, [[Professor X|Professor Charles Xavier]] runs the Xavier "School for Gifted Youngsters" to educate [[mutant (Marvel Comics)|mutant]] children and keeps a headquarters for the X-Men.{{efn|"Few heroes enjoy such elaborate bases of operations as Batman and Superman, although the X-Men headquarters is a site to be reckoned with. Marvel Comic's mutant band of superheroes spend most of their time at their mentor Professor X's mansion, located in Westchester County, New York. Xavier's estate houses the X-Men's training facility, which fronts as an Ivy League-like school."{{sfnp|Misiroglu|2004|p=[https://archive.org/details/superherobookult0000unse/page/507 507]}}}}

One of the most successful films shot in the county was the 1988 film ''[[Big (film)|Big]]''. While the majority of the film takes place in New York City, the amusement park scenes were filmed in [[Playland (New York)|Rye Playland]] in Westchester.<ref name="Auto3Z-4" />

American singer and songwriter [[Loudon Wainwright III]] recorded a song titled "Westchester County" for his 1983 [[LP record]] ''[[Fame and Wealth]]''. It recounts his postwar upbringing in [[Bedford (town), New York|Bedford, Westchester County, New York]].

In print media, the area is a frequent setting of the [[Nero Wolfe]] detective stories by [[Rex Stout]], which ran from 1934 to 1975. An early documented mention of Westchester County is in the [[Trixie Belden]] series (which ran from 1948 to 1986). The series was set in Sleepyside-on-Hudson, a fictional village in the Hudson Valley. The original author, [[Julie Campbell Tatham]], modeled the fictional Crabapple Farm in Sleepyside after her own home at Wolf Hollow on Glendale Road in Ossining. She also mentioned it in her last work in the series: Cherry Ames, Country Doctor's Nurse. Westchester is the primary setting and residence of the main characters in ''[[The Clique (series)|The Clique]]'' young adult novel series by [[Lisi Harrison]]. In [[Edward Lewis Wallant]]'s novel ''[[The Pawnbroker]]'', the main character Sol Nazerman lives in Mount Vernon.

In television, an early broadcast media presentation of Westchester County was on ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]'' (1961–1966), whose main characters live in New Rochelle. Much was made of their suburban setting and Rob's separate world from New York City. The 1970s sitcom ''[[Maude (TV series)|Maude]]'' was set in [[Tuckahoe (village), New York|Tuckahoe]].<ref name="Auto3Z-5" /> In the [[Friends (season 10)|final season]] of the American sitcom ''[[Friends]]'', the characters [[Monica Geller|Monica]] and [[Chandler Bing|Chandler]] moved from New York City to live in Westchester. In the [[CBS]] sitcom ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', [[Ted Mosby|Future Ted]] and his family live in Westchester. In the [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]] show ''[[Mad Men]]'', Ossining is home to main characters [[Don Draper]] and his family. From season 4, Don lives in Manhattan and [[Betty Draper|Betty]] lives with Henry Francis and the children in [[Rye, New York|Rye]]. The animated show ''[[Big Mouth (American TV series)|Big Mouth]]'' is also set in Westchester County, where creator [[Nick Kroll]] grew up.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.distractify.com/p/where-does-big-mouth-take-place |title=New to 'Big Mouth'? Here's Where Netflix's Animated Comedy Takes Place |date=October 6, 2019}}</ref>

[[E. L. Doctorow]]'s novel ''[[Ragtime (novel)|Ragtime]]'' and the subsequent musical adaptation ''[[Ragtime (musical)|Ragtime: The Musical]]'' are both partially set in New Rochelle. The town serves as a setting that represents the affluence of white suburbanites in the early stages of the 20th century.