Welcome to Hollister ...

Hollister is located in Langlade County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hollister, you might consider that their post office opened in 1923.

Hollister is 1,380 feet [421 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Hollister: 715 & 534<3>

Communities Also Named Hollister ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Hollister - they are located in California, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Michigan (2), Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma and Vermont.

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

Communities near Hollister ...

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

• Antigo
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Antigo is located in Langlade County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antigo
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,719 people
• Mountain
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Mountain is located in Oconto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
• Armstrong
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Armstrong is located in Oconto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
• White Lake
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • White Lake is located in Langlade County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Lake
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
• Langlade
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Langlade is located in Langlade County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langlade
• Lily
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Lily is located in Langlade County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily
• Freeman
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Freeman is located in Langlade County
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• Bryant
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Bryant is located in Langlade County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
• Townsend
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Townsend is located in Oconto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
• Zoar
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Zoar is located in Menominee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar

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

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

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

Adding Hollister to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hollister post office opened in 1923. The Hollister post office closed in 1961.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hollister.