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History · Holland Township

Half of Holland Township’s homes were built after 1978

Most of Holland Township was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978. Below: maps from 1957 on and the census since 1920.

0on the National Register
5%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Holland Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Holland Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Shrank, then grewLost two-thirds of its people between 1920 and 1960, then more than doubled.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Holland Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Holland Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Holland Township, census by census

0100200300192019401960198020002020328 in 1920Low: 80

Lost two-thirds of its people between 1920 and 1960, then more than doubled.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Holland Township’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Moddersville
1890–1934
Dolph
1898–1926
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
DolphModdersville
Gone or out of use
Dolph Post Officepost officeModdersville Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Holland Township
East ModdersvilleWest Moddersville

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Holland Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Holland Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Holland Township is a civil township of Missaukee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 221 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 248 to 221 (-11%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Holland Township, 1890 to 1957

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1890Post officeThe Moddersville post office opens
  3. 1898Post officeThe Dolph post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1920CensusPopulation peaks at 328
  6. 1926Post officeThe Dolph post office closes
  7. 1934Post officeThe Moddersville post office closes
  8. 1957On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Holland Township on the map, 1957 to 1983

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Holland Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Holland Township on the 1957 USGS mapHolland Township on the 1983 USGS map1957Harrison sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Holland Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Holland Township

Nobody well known was born in Holland Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Albert J. Engel Jr.American judge · b. 1924
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Dan BazuinPlayer of American football · b. 1983
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Matt HouseAmerican football coach
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Clam Union TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townButterfield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSummerfield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRoscommon TownshipIts storyD

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.