Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Holland (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Holland. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Holland is located in Grundy County.
To see how the shape of Iowa's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Grundy County: Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Hardin, Marshall & Tama.
Below are the counties that are near Holland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Holland:
- Grundy County (The home county of Holland)
- The following are listed by their distance from Holland, with the one closest to Holland listed first.
- Grundy Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fern
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fern is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern
- Wellsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Morrison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Buck Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Buck Grove is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Grove
- Dike
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stout
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stout is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Reinbeck
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fredsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fredsville is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredsville
- Beaman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Beaman is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Conrad
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Black Hawk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holland, with the one closest to Holland listed first.
- Voorhies
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Voorhies is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voorhies
- Hudson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Blessing
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Blessing is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blessing
- Cedar City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar City is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar City
- Cedar Falls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Finchford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Finchford is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchford
- North Cedar
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- North Cedar is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cedar
- Eagle Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Eagle Center is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Center
- Waterloo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Janesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Evansdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Elk Run Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Elk Run Heights is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Run Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,135 people
- Bremer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holland, with the one closest to Holland listed first.
- Waverly
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Denver
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holland, with the one closest to Holland listed first.
- Sinclair
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sinclair is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinclair
- Parkersburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Aplington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- New Hartford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Austinville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Austinville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Kesley
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Kesley is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kesley
- Coster
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Coster is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coster
- Butler Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Butler Center is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Center
- Allison
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Shell Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dumont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bristow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bristow is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holland, with the one closest to Holland listed first.
- Faulkner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Faulkner is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faulkner
- Geneva
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bradford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bradford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Hansell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Reeve
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Reeve is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeve
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holland, with the one closest to Holland listed first.
- Cleves
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cleves is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleves
- Steamboat Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Abbott
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Abbott is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott
- Whitten
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Whitten is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitten
- Population from the 2020 Census: 140 people
- Eldora
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Ackley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gifford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Union
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Union is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Robertson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Robertson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertson
- Eagle City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Eagle City is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- New Providence
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Providence is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Providence
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Owasa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Owasa is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holland, with the one closest to Holland listed first.
- Liscomb
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Liscomb is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liscomb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Green Mountain
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Green Mountain is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Mountain
- Bangor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bangor is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangor
- Albion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Marietta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Marietta is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- Marshalltown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Clemons
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clemons is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemons
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Le Grand
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Saint Anthony
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Anthony is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Anthony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
- LaMoille
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- LaMoille is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaMoille
- Dillon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Dillon is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillon
- Luray
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Luray is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luray
- Story County
- Zearing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tama County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holland, with the one closest to Holland listed first.
- Lincoln
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln is located in Tama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Gladbrook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Dinsdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dinsdale is located in Tama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinsdale
- Buckingham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Buckingham is located in Tama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
- Garwin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Garwin is located in Tama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Traer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Montour
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Clutier
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dysart
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Toledo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Holland, see our County-by-County Page for Holland.
Cemeteries Near Holland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Holland.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Holland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Holland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Holland, with the one closest to Holland listed first.
- Holland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Grundy Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Cemetery
- The Rose Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rosehill Cemetery
- Palermo Twp. Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Colfax Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln Twp. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Valley Reformed Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wellsburg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sheller Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (269 more) ...
- Alice Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Twp. Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Beaver Twp. Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Holland had a population of 268 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Holland had a population of 276 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Holland, with the one closest to Holland listed first.
- Grundy Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wellsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Morrison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lincoln is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Swanton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Swanton is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swanton
- Dairyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dairyville is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dairyville
- Reinbeck
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Beaman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Beaman is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Fredsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fredsville is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredsville
- Parkersburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Aplington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cleves
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cleves is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleves
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Steamboat Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Whitten
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Whitten is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitten
- Population from the 2020 Census: 140 people
- New Hartford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Holland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Holland.
Newspapers Published in Holland ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 95 newspapers that have been published in the area around Holland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Holland, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Holland.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Holland:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Grundy County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Black Hawk County
- Bremer County
- Butler County
- Franklin County
- Hardin County
- Marshall County
- Story County
- Tama County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Iowa
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Holland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Holland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |