Welcome to Holly ...

So far, we found very little information about Holly. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Holly to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Holly, please Contact Us.

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Holly would have been located within present day Chesterfield County<2>.

The location of Holly has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Holly, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1889.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Holly is 310 feet [94 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Holly was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Holly would have been located in the (804) area code.

Websites for Holly ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.chesterfieldchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Holly, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Holly ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Holly - they are located in Colorado, Louisiana, Michigan, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio (2), Ontario, Tennessee, Texas (2), Washington, West Virginia (2) and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Holly.

Communities near Holly ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Holly.

• Richmond
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
  • Richmond is located in Richmond City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 232,226 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richmond <5>
• Petersburg
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
  • Petersburg is located in Petersburg City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,446 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Petersburg <5>
• Hopewell
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
  • Hopewell is located in Hopewell City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,375 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hopewell <5>
• Colonial Heights
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colonial Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Heights
  • Colonial Heights is located in Colonial Heights City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,205 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colonial Heights <5>
• Winterpock
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterpock
  • Winterpock is located in Chesterfield County
• Chesterfield Court House
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chesterfield Court House have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield Court House
  • Chesterfield Court House is located in Chesterfield County
• Matoaca
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaca
  • Matoaca is located in Chesterfield County
• Addison
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
  • Addison is located in Dinwiddie County
• Ammon
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammon
  • Ammon is located in Amelia County
• Chester
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
  • Chester is located in Chesterfield County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Holly. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Holly.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Holly. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Holly.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Holly. See our Newspapers Page for Holly.

Adding Holly to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Holly in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Holly was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Holly post office opened in 1889.

We also found Holly in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Holly.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Chesterfield County: www.co.chesterfield.va.us/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/