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Holland’s post office opened in 1860, and 22% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 42% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Below: maps from 1974 on.

1860first post office
0on the National Register
22%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Holland began

When was Holland founded?

1860

The Holland post office opened in 1860, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Askeaton (1868), Holland Station (1875) and Askeaton (1881), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 1,559166 years

How historic is Holland?

C+

More historic than 42% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Holland post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade

What drives Holland’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Holland is more historic than 42% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.

C+
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Holland’s overall grade.
Founding era1860, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 194021.6% of homes (±7.1) · typical WI town 12.1% · U.S. 8.4%B+National RegisterNo listings counted · typical WI town 3.0 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 42%
NewerOlder

Wisconsin towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Wisconsin town has 3.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Holland’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (28% of Wisconsin towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±7.1 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.

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’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 Holland are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Holland, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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Start Holland’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Holland had its own post office from 1860 to 1906. Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Holland
1860–1906
Askeaton
1868–1875
Holland Station
1875–1881
Askeaton
1881–1923
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Askeaton
Gone or out of use
Askeaton SchoolschoolEast Holland Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Holland
Saint Francis CatholicSaint Johns

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

The story so far

Holland, in brief

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

Holland is a town in Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 1,559 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated communities of Askeaton and Hollandtown are located in the town.

Its first post office opened in 1860. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,519 to 1,559 (+3%).

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

Timeline

Holland, 1860 to 1974

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1860Post officeThe Holland post office opens
  3. 1868Post officeThe Askeaton post office opens
  4. 1875Post officeThe Askeaton post office closes
  5. 1875Post officeThe Holland Station post office opens
  6. 1881Post officeThe Holland Station post office closes
  7. 20th century
  8. 1906Post officeThe Holland post office closes
  9. 1974On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

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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On the map

Holland on the map, 1974 to 1992

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

Holland on the 1974 USGS mapHolland on the 1984 USGS mapHolland on the 1992 USGS map1974Hilbert sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Holland.

Famous people

Famous people close to Holland

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

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Bunny BeriganAmerican musician · b. 1908
E
Eda Nemoede CastertonAmerican artist · b. 1877
R
Robert J. HavighurstAmerican chemist, physicist, and expert on huma… · b. 1900
T
Terry MeeuwsenAmerican television personality, author, and si… · b. 1949
Wilson CharlesAmerican decathlete · b. 1908
A
Anne Horak GallagherAmerican actress · b. 1984
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

WrightstownIts storyB−BuchananIts storyC−Brillion1 historic placeAMorrisonIts storyBMaple GroveIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Holland’s history

What year was Holland founded?

The Holland post office opened in 1860, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Holland rank for history?

Holland is more historic than 42% of U.S. towns. 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.

How old are the homes in Holland?

22% of Holland’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±7.1 points), against a typical 12% for a Wisconsin town; the median home was built in 1983.

Memory lane

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

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Sources

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).

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.