The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The first name of the village was Drakes, which possibly came from the name of a family or was in reference to the large number of male ducks that did and still fly over the area. Later the crossroads called itself Hardy, which is probably taken from Samuel Hardy, who was one of the signers of a document (along with Thomas Jefferson, Arthur Lee and James Monroe) that ceded the northwest territories of Virginia to the government of the United States. He was a member of the Continental Congress in 1783-1785 and had been a lieutenant governor of Virginia.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Holland’s history is told.
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Holland, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Holland is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Holland has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Inverness Club in Toledo, 3.6 miles away.
Holland and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.