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We found 32 communities that share the name Holland.
Within North Carolina, the name Holland is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another 32 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 32 communities, 30 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Faulkner County
This Holland is located in Faulkner County and lies 760 miles [1,223.1 km]<1> to the west of the Holland that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Faulkner County community of Holland.
Lonoke County
This Holland is located in Lonoke County and lies 749 miles [1,205.4 km] to the west of the Holland that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lonoke County community of Holland.
Florida
Leon County
This Holland is located in Leon County and lies 487 miles [783.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Holland that is located in Wake 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 382 miles [614.8 km]<1> to the west of the Holland that is located in Wake 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 302 miles [486 km] to the west southwest of the Holland that is located in Wake 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 601 miles [967.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Holland that is located in Wake 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 492 miles [791.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Holland that is located in Wake 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 886 miles [1,425.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Holland that is located in Wake 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 1,040 miles [1,673.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Holland that is located in Wake 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 414 miles [666.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Holland that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Holland.
Manitoba
This Holland lies 1,396 miles [2,246.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Holland that is located in Wake County.
Massachusetts
Hampden County
This Holland is located in Hampden County and lies 571 miles [918.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Holland that is located in Wake 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 633 miles [1,018.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Holland that is located in Wake 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 1,091 miles [1,755.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Holland that is located in Wake 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 622 miles [1,001 km]<1> to the west of the Holland that is located in Wake 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 1,824 miles [2,935.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Holland that is located in Wake 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 1,026 miles [1,651.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Holland that is located in Wake 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 396 miles [637.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Holland that is located in Wake 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 443 miles [712.9 km] to the north northeast of the Holland that is located in Wake 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 488 miles [785.4 km]<1> to the north of the Holland that is located in Wake 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 438 miles [704.9 km] to the northeast of the Holland that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Queens County community of Holland.
Ohio
Lucas County
This Holland is located in Lucas County and lies 495 miles [796.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Holland that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lucas County community of Holland.
Ontario
This Holland lies 628 miles [1,010.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Holland that is located in Wake County.
Oregon
Josephine County
This Holland is located in Josephine County and lies 2,421 miles [3,896.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Holland that is located in Wake 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 378 miles [608.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Holland that is located in Wake 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 1,121 miles [1,804.1 km]<1> to the west of the Holland that is located in Wake 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 1,822 miles [2,932.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Holland that is located in Wake 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 739 miles [1,189.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Holland that is located in Wake 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 134 miles [215.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Holland that is located in Wake 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 777 miles [1,250.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Holland that is located in Wake 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.
Five Points (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Points have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories 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:
Raleigh, which is the Seat of Wake County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Holland to Raleigh, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 16 miles [25.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 248 miles [399.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,115 miles [9,841.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,809 miles [10,958 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,691 miles [7,549.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions 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: 35.5729, Longitude: -78.7703 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 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 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>
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.
<6>
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.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.031 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.239 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.592 degrees.