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History · Holloway

Holloway’s post office opened in 1883, and 40% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1903 on and the census since 1910.

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Quick answers

How Holloway began

When was Holloway founded?

1883

The Holloway post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 786 in 19102020 census: 330143 years
Founding year: the first Holloway post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Holloway’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 Holloway are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 974 in 1920; 330 people lived here in 2020.On the map since 19034 editions of the USGS map, 1903 to 1994. Watch Holloway change.Old housesHalf of Holloway’s homes were built before 1945.
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Start Holloway’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Holloway’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Holloway, census by census

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Peaked at 974 in 1920; 330 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

On the map

Holloway on the map, 1903 to 1994

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

Holloway on the 1903 USGS mapHolloway on the 1961 USGS mapHolloway on the 1978 USGS mapHolloway on the 1994 USGS map1903Flushing 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 Holloway.

The story so far

Holloway, in brief

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

Holloway is a village in Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The population was 330 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Wheeling metropolitan area. Holloway was laid out in 1883, and named after the local Holloway family.

Its first post office opened in 1883. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 338 to 330 (-2%).

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

Timeline

Holloway, 1883 to 1920

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1883Post officeThe Holloway post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1903On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1920CensusPopulation peaks at 974
By decade

Holloway, decade by decade

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Famous people

Famous people close to Holloway

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

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Elisha GrayAmerican electrical engineer · b. 1835
Isaac ParkerAmerican politician · b. 1838
Mary MauriceAmerican actress · b. 1844
David HollingsworthAmerican politician · b. 1844
Jake RyanAmerican football player · b. 1992
John WelchAmerican politician · b. 1805
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Holloway’s post office has been open since 1883.

Gone or out of use
Holloway Elementary Schoolschool

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

Questions about Holloway’s history

What year was Holloway founded?

The Holloway post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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), 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.