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Welcome to Hollis ...

So far, we found very little information about Hollis. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Hollis to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hollis, please Contact Us.

Hollis would have been located within present day Gallia County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hollis, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Hollis is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Hollis was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Hollis was located: 740 & 220<4>

Communities Also Named Hollis ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Hollis - they are located in Alaska, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Texas.

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

Websites for Hollis ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.galliacounty.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Hollis, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Hollis ...

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

  • Point Pleasant
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Gallipolis
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Oak Hill
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Buffalo
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Buffalo is located in Putnam County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,263 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buffalo <5>
  • Rio Grande
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Proctorville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Crown City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Crown City is located in Gallia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
  • Athalia
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Athalia is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athalia
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
  • Henderson
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Vinton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)

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

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

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

Adding Hollis to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hollis in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Hollis was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Hollis post office opened in 1903. The Hollis post office closed in 1912.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hollis.

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Hollis, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Gallia, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hollis - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Hollis area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Hollis area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/