Holland Township’s post office opened in 1854, and 11% of its homes were built before 1940
More historic than 65% of U.S. towns · #220 of 468 in New Jersey. What drives it
4 places in town are on the National Register, among them three historic districts with 103 buildings between them. Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1890 on, and the census since 1880.
From Holland Township’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers
How Holland Township began
When was Holland Township founded?
1854
The Holland Township post office opened in 1854, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1871. Another post office, Holland (1854), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 1,886 in 18802020 census: 5,177172 years
How historic is Holland Township?
B+
More historic than 65% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Holland Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1871.
History grade
What drives Holland Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Holland Township is more historic than 65% of U.S. towns, #220 of 468 in New Jersey. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.
B+
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Holland Township’s overall grade.
New Jersey towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical New Jersey town has 3.7 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Holland Township’s 200 sits above most of its state (91% of New Jersey towns have fewer) while its 104 historic buildings outnumber those of 90% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to A−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.2 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date; Wikidata’s 1871 falls in the same era, so the grade doesn’t depend on which one is used.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
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.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
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 township in Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 5,177, a decrease of 114 (−2.2%) from the 2010 census count of 5,291, which in turn reflected an increase of 167 (+3.3%) from the 5,124 counted in the 2000 census. Holland Township is located in the northwestern part of Hunterdon County. The Delaware River forms its boundary with Pennsylvania and the Musconetcong River its boundary with Warren County. It was created from Alexandria Township on April 13, 1874, before being dissolved and reabsorbed into Alexandria Township on March 4, 1878. The township was reformed and separated as a municipa…
Its first post office opened in 1854. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 5,291 to 5,177 (-2%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Holland Township, 1854 to 2010
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Holland Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1890Easton 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.
Then & now
Stand where they stood
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Retake this viewJohannes Luyster House, Laurel Avenue & Middleton Road
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Holland Township’s page.
The Holland Township post office opened in 1854, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1871.
How does Holland Township rank for history?
Holland Township is more historic than 65% of U.S. towns, #220 of 468 in New Jersey. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Holland Township?
4 listings: 1 building and 3 historic districts, the Pursley's Ferry Historic District, the Little York Historic District and the Amsterdam Historic District, with 103 contributing buildings. 104 historic buildings in all.
How old are the homes in Holland Township?
11% of Holland Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.2 points), against a typical 15% for a New Jersey town; the median home was built in 1974.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (5), the Library of Congress (1), Wikidata (6), the National Register of Historic Places (4), 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.
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