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Holland’s post office opened in 1900

Most of Holland was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1974. Below: maps from 1940 on and the census since 1910.

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How Holland began

When was Holland founded?

1900

The Holland post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 135 in 19102020 census: 194126 years
Founding year: the first Holland post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Holland’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 are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 530 in 1920; 194 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Holland’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Holland, census by census

0100200300400500192019401960198020002020Peak: 530

Peaked at 530 in 1920; 194 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

The story

How Holland came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Holland.

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The first permanent settlement at Holland was made in 1871. The area experienced growth with the arrival of the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway in 1901. The town site was platted in 1902, and most likely was named after J. W. Holland, an early settler. A post office called Holland has been in operation since 1900.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Holland, 1900 to 1940

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1900Post officeThe Holland post office opens
  3. 1920CensusPopulation peaks at 530
  4. 1924Born hereTom York is born here
  5. 1940On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Holland, decade by decade

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On the map

Holland on the map, 1940 to 1978

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

Holland on the 1940 USGS mapHolland on the 1955 USGS mapHolland on the 1978 USGS map1940Hayti 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.

Questions about Holland’s history

What year was Holland founded?

The Holland post office opened in 1900, 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, 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.