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Welcome to Holliday ...

Holliday is primarily located in Fayette County<1>. A portion of Holliday extends into Shelby County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Holliday, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.

Holliday is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Holliday lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Holliday ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Holliday - they are located in Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Quebec, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Holliday ...

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

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 Holliday. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Holliday.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Holliday. 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 Holliday.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Holliday ...

Looking for more information about Holliday? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Holliday, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Holliday.

Adding Holliday to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Holliday in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Holliday was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Holliday post office opened in 1872. The Holliday post office closed in 1931.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Holliday.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Fayette, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Holliday - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/