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Do you know of Hollis ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Hollis. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Hollis.

Our sources for Hollis (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Hollis other than they indicate that Hollis would be found somewhere in Madison County, Texas.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1883 and closed  in 1906.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Hollis ...

We found fourteen communities that share the name Hollis.

Within Texas, the name Hollis is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alaska
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alaska community of Hollis.
    • Arkansas
      • Perry County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Hollis [Perry County].
    • California
      • Kern County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Hollis [Kern County].
    • Georgia
      • Brooks County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Hollis [Brooks County].
    • Illinois
      • Peoria County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Hollis [Peoria County].
    • Kansas
      • Cloud County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Hollis [Cloud County].
    • Maine
      • York County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Hollis [York County].
    • Mississippi
      • Calhoun County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Hollis [Calhoun County].
    • Missouri
      • Oregon County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Hollis [Oregon County].
    • New Hampshire
      • Hillsborough County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Hollis [Hillsborough County].
    • New York
      • Queens County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Hollis [Queens County].
    • North Carolina
      • Rutherford County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Hollis [Rutherford County].
    • Ohio
      • Gallia County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Hollis [Gallia County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Harmon County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Hollis [Harmon County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Hollis ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Hollis:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Hollis - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

The FIPS database contains an entry for Hollis.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 48/34544   (Place Name: Hollis)

County: Madison     (FIPS State/County: 48/313)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Hollis) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Madison County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Madison County.

CosmosLeota
  
FrenchMcWhorter
  
HennessyNeal
High Prairie 
 Ottawa
Islana 
IslandSearcy
 Sky
Jozye 
 Zulrich

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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