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History · Holly Pond

Holly Pond’s post office opened in 1888

Most of Holly Pond was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1982.

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How Holly Pond began

When was Holly Pond founded?

1888

The Holly Pond post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 851138 years
Founding year: the first Holly Pond post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Holly Pond’s past

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How Holly Pond came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Holly Pond.

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Holly Pond was first settled in the 1840s, and gets its name from two natural ponds that were surrounded by holly trees. The community expanded in the 1850s in anticipation of railroad construction, and by 1888 a post office had been established.

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Holly Pond, decade by decade

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Questions about Holly Pond’s history

What year was Holly Pond founded?

The Holly Pond post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (4), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.