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How New Holland began, and where its name came from
When was New Holland founded?
1827
The New Holland post office opened in 1827, the earliest record of the town by name.
First census: 326 in 18702020 census: 804199 years
How did New Holland get its name?
The town was originally founded as Flemingsburgh (or Flemingsburg) on September 2, 1818, and was named for John Fleming, son of Captain Fleming of Berkeley County, Virginia, who settled in the area in 1802.
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The name was later changed to New Holland between 1818 and 1827. The village was named after Holland, the native land of a share of the first settlers.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of New Holland. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1906Mt Sterling 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 New Holland.
Every building
New Holland, building by building, 1899–1915
Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a year, then a sheet.
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Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
In 1818 the original settlers—Pennsylvania Dutch, Hollanders, and Germans—settled on "Four Corners," a tract of land in the Virginia Military District, granted to Wilkins Ogden in 1802. This tact was so called because it was, in a wilderness, the intersection of a stagecoach line running east and west, and an Indian foot trail going from north to south. This crossing is today the Main and Front Street intersection.
Passages that mention New Holland, cut from the printed page as they were published.
PICKAWAY COUNTY, OHIO HISTORY AND FAMILIES1810 · page 65Read the page →
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The Village of New Holland, platted on September 2, 1818, on land owned by Wilkins Ogburn, Rhesa Young, and Levin Ross, was originally named Flemingsburg for one of the early settlers of the area. Why the town’s name changed is not known; however, we speculate that when a post office was established in the town around 1827, state authorities denied the town’s petition because there was already another Flemingsburgh in the state. Thus another name was needed. Since some of the residents were of
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PICKAWAY COUNTY, OHIO HISTORY AND FAMILIES1810 · page 171Read the page →
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William operated a blacksmith shop in New Holland for many years. He served on the Village Council and then as Mayor of New Holland from 1909-1913, during which time he was instrumental to a great degree in bringing electricity to the village. He also served as Postmaster of New Holland from August 25, 1913 to April 1, 1922, and then from 1925-1932 he worked as a
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HISTORY OF PICKAWAY COUNTY, OHIO AND REPERESENTATIVE CITIZENS1906 · page 113Read the page →
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in the circuit to which the Williamsport church belongs. Deer Creek Circuit was formed in 1808 from a part of Scioto Circuit, which had been established in 1799. New Holland Circuit was detached from Deer Creek Circuit in. 1854. Williamsport was separated from New Holland Circuit in 1866. The following
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Timeline
New Holland, 1827 to 1920
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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 (6), 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), the USGS Geographic Names Information System, Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress) and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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