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History · Holiday Lakes

Half of Holiday Lakes’ homes were built after 1978

Most of Holiday Lakes was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978. Below: maps from 1915 on.

0on the National Register
3%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Holiday Lakes’ 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 Holiday Lakes are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19154 editions of the USGS map, 1915 to 1972. Watch Holiday Lakes change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Holiday Lakes’s history is told.

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Holiday Lakes on the map, 1915 to 1972

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

Holiday Lakes on the 1915 USGS mapHoliday Lakes on the 1944 USGS mapHoliday Lakes on the 1960 USGS mapHoliday Lakes on the 1972 USGS map1915Norwalk 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 Holiday Lakes.

The story so far

Holiday Lakes, in brief

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

Holiday Lakes is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Huron County, Ohio, United States. Its population was 828 as of the 2020 census. Ohio State Route 99 passes through the community.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 749 to 828 (+11%).

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

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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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Famous people

Famous people close to Holiday Lakes

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

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George KennanAmerican explorer and journalist · b. 1845
Paul BrownAmerican football coach · b. 1908
Robert Joseph BakerAmerican Catholic bishop · b. 1944
Stephen M. YoungAmerican politician · b. 1889
Albert Rhys WilliamsAmerican journalist, author of memoirs about th… · b. 1883
Ban JohnsonPresident of the American League · b. 1863

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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. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.