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34.924255, -92.053478
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We found 32 communities that share the name Holland.
There is one other community in Arkansas which is also named Holland.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another 31 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 31 communities, 30 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Communities Located In Arkansas ...
Faulkner County
This Holland is located in Faulkner County and lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Holland that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Faulkner County community of Holland.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Florida
Leon County
This Holland is located in Leon County and lies 535 miles [861 km]<1> to the southeast of the Holland that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Leon County community of Holland.
Georgia
Chattooga County
This Holland is located in Chattooga County and lies 381 miles [613.2 km]<1> to the east of the Holland that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chattooga County community of Holland.
Hall County
This Holland is located in Hall County and lies 467 miles [751.6 km] to the east of the Holland that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Holland.
Illinois
Effingham County
This Holland is located in Effingham County and lies 347 miles [558.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Holland that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Effingham County community of Holland.
Indiana
Dubois County
This Holland is located in Dubois County and lies 360 miles [579.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Holland that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dubois County community of Holland.
Iowa
Grundy County
This Holland is located in Grundy County and lies 517 miles [832 km]<1> to the north of the Holland that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grundy County community of Holland.
Kansas
Dickinson County
This Holland is located in Dickinson County and lies 391 miles [629.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Holland that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickinson County community of Holland.
Kentucky
Allen County
This Holland is located in Allen County and lies 356 miles [572.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Holland that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Holland.
Manitoba
This Holland lies 1,067 miles [1,717.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Holland that is located in Lonoke County.
Massachusetts
Hampden County
This Holland is located in Hampden County and lies 1,179 miles [1,897.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Holland that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampden County community of Holland.
Michigan
Ottawa County
This Holland is located in Ottawa County and lies 629 miles [1,012.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Holland that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ottawa County community of Holland.
Minnesota
Pipestone County
This Holland is located in Pipestone County and lies 669 miles [1,076.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Holland that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pipestone County community of Holland.
Missouri
Pemiscot County
This Holland is located in Pemiscot County and lies 145 miles [233.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Holland that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pemiscot County community of Holland.
Montana
Gallatin County
This Holland is located in Gallatin County and lies 1,250 miles [2,011.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Holland that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gallatin County community of Holland.
Nebraska
Lancaster County
This Holland is located in Lancaster County and lies 463 miles [745.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Holland that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Holland.
New Jersey
Hunterdon County
This Holland is located in Hunterdon County and lies 999 miles [1,607.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Holland that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunterdon County community of Holland.
Monmouth County
This Holland is located in Monmouth County and lies 1,041 miles [1,675.3 km] to the east northeast of the Holland that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monmouth County community of Holland.
New York
Erie County
This Holland is located in Erie County and lies 899 miles [1,446.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Holland that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Holland.
Queens County
This Holland is located in Queens County and lies 1,067 miles [1,717.2 km] to the east northeast of the Holland that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Queens County community of Holland.
North Carolina
Wake County
This Holland is located in Wake County and lies 749 miles [1,205.4 km]<1> to the east of the Holland that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Holland.
Ohio
Lucas County
This Holland is located in Lucas County and lies 646 miles [1,039.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Holland that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lucas County community of Holland.
Ontario
This Holland lies 1,074 miles [1,728.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Holland that is located in Lonoke County.
Oregon
Josephine County
This Holland is located in Josephine County and lies 1,760 miles [2,832.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Holland that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Josephine County community of Holland.
Pennsylvania
Bucks County
This Holland is located in Bucks County and lies 999 miles [1,607.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Holland that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Holland.
South Carolina
Anderson County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Holland [Anderson County].
Texas
Bell County
This Holland is located in Bell County and lies 417 miles [671.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Holland that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bell County community of Holland.
Utah
Salt Lake County
This Holland is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,151 miles [1,852.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Holland that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Holland.
Vermont
Orleans County
This Holland is located in Orleans County and lies 1,262 miles [2,031 km]<1> to the northeast of the Holland that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orleans County community of Holland.
Virginia
Suffolk City
This Holland is located in Suffolk City and lies 862 miles [1,387.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Holland that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk City community of Holland.
Washington
Whitman County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Holland [Whitman County].
Wisconsin
Brown County
This Holland is located in Brown County and lies 675 miles [1,086.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Holland that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Holland.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Holland ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
Dogwood Meadows (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dogwood Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Holland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Holland and extending to:
Lonoke, which is the Seat of Lonoke County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Holland to Lonoke, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 872 miles [1,403.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 50 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,693 miles [10,771.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,421 miles [11,942.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,298 miles [8,526.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Holland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Holland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9243, Longitude: -92.0535 In this case, the coordinates for Holland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Holland 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.
<3>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>
While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<5>
The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Holland to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.054 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.391 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.242 degrees.