Do you know of Holley ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Holley. 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 Holley.<1>
Our sources for Holley (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 Holley other than they indicate that Holley would be found somewhere in Plymouth County, Iowa.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1879 and closed in 1885.
Communities Also Named Holley ...
We found four communities that share the name Holley.
Within Iowa, the name Holley is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Santa Rosa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Holley [Santa Rosa County].
- Georgia
- Murray County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Holley [Murray County].
- New York
- Orleans County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Holley [Orleans County].
- Oregon
- Linn County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Holley [Linn County].
- Florida
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Holley ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Holley:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Article: Index to Abandoned Towns of Iowa
Taken from The Annals of Iowa (Volume 18, Issue 3 - Winter 1932)
Written by: Mott, David C.
More Orphans in Plymouth 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 Plymouth County.
| Broken Kettle | |
| Melbourne | |
| Dalton | |
| Ponona | |
| Ellendale | Portlandville |
| Lynd | Quorn |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |