Do you know of Hollister ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Hollister. 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 Hollister.

We found mention of Hollister as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Rutland County, Vermont.

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.

Communities Also Named Hollister ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Hollister.

Within Vermont, the name Hollister is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
  - San Benito County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Hollister [San Benito County].
- Florida
  - Putnam County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Hollister [Putnam County].
- Idaho
  - Twin Falls County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Hollister [Twin Falls County].
- Kansas
  - Bourbon County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Hollister [Bourbon County].
- Michigan
  - Iron County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Hollister [Iron County].
  - Oakland County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Hollister [Oakland County].
- Missouri
  - Taney County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Hollister [Taney County].
- North Carolina
  - Halifax County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Hollister [Halifax County].
- Ohio
  - Athens County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Hollister [Athens County].
- Oklahoma
  - Tillman County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Hollister [Tillman County].
- Wisconsin
  - Langlade County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Hollister [Langlade County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Hollister ...

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

Rand McNally Map of Vermont (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Hollister.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 50/33850 (Place Name: Hollister)

County: Rutland (FIPS State/County: 50/021)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Hollister) 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 Rutland 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 Rutland County.

Footnotes ...

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Hollister could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.