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Central Holiday CityPhoto: Nyttend · Public domain
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History · Holiday City

36% of Holiday City’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
36%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Nyttend · Public domain
Places that used to be

Places now gone

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Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

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History across the town line

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Madison Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJefferson TownshipIts storyC+

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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 the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.