Welcome to Holland ...

Holland is located in Brown County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Holland, you might consider that their post office opened in 1860.

Holland is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Holland: 920 & 274<3>

Communities Also Named Holland ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 32 communities that are also named Holland - they are located in Arkansas (2), Florida, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey (2), New York (2), North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia and Washington.

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

Communities near Holland ...

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

• Green Bay
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Green Bay is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bay
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 103,836 people
• Appleton
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Appleton is located in Outagamie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 74,058 people
  • Former name for Appleton:
  • Appleton Junction
• Neenah
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Neenah is located in Winnebago County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neenah
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,363 people
• De Pere
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • De Pere is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Pere
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,014 people
• Fox Crossing
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Fox Crossing is located in Winnebago County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Crossing
• Menasha
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Menasha is located in Winnebago County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menasha
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,796 people
• Ashwaubenon
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Ashwaubenon is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashwaubenon
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,004 people
• Kaukauna
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Kaukauna is located in Calumet County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaukauna
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,356 people
• Bellevue
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Bellevue is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,030 people
• Allouez
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Allouez is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allouez
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,784 people

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

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

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

Adding Holland to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Holland 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 Holland was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Holland post office opened in 1860. The Holland post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Holland.