Holland, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Holland, Ohio
settlement_type = Village
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map_caption = Location of Holland, Ohio


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Lucas

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leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Mike Yunker
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unit_pref = Imperial
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area_total_km2 = 2.2
area_land_km2 = 2.2
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area_total_sq_mi = 0.9
area_land_sq_mi = 0.9
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population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1306
population_density_km2 = 581.9
population_density_sq_mi = 1507.1

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 195
elevation_ft = 640
latd = 41 |latm = 37 |lats = 10 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 42 |longs = 35 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 43528
area_code = 419
blank_name = FIPS code
blank_info = 39-35882GR|2
blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
blank1_info = 1064849GR|3
website = http://www.hollandohio.com/
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Holland is a village in Lucas County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,306 at the 2000 census.

History

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 geese that did and still fly over the area. Later the crossroads called itself Hardy, which is probably taken from Samuel Hardy, who was one 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.

The name of Holland has been thought to have come from the fact that ditches being dug in the 1850s to divert the swamp water reminded people of the canals of Holland. Some have said it was because of the large number of “Dutch” or German people in the area, but there were more New Englanders and New Yorkers in the early settlements than there were Germans. The most likely derivation of the name comes from a story about Franklin Hall (an early house builder in the area) that states when he platted the land for the building of his houses, he asked that it be called Hall Land. Supposedly, the clerk or other official changed the “a” to an “o” and eliminated one “l”, thus Holland. [Ohio Place Names; Larry L. Miller; Indiana University Press, Bloomington and Indianapolis, Indiana, 1996.]

On May 22, 1852, the first train ran between Toledo and Chicago, on two roads, the Michigan Southern and the Indiana Northern. Three years later, the two railroads consolidated and the Air Line began traversing the rails from Toledo to Elkhart, Indiana. Records of the Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad show a station in the area in 1860 with no name, but freight and passengers from that site. In their records of 1880, it shows Holland having a population of 230 people, with the tons of freight increasing almost 20 times while the number of passengers increased by approximately 400% from 1860 to 1880.

In the early 1860s, Robert Clark began developing land north of the railroad and Franklin Hall built houses south of the railroad. Their names are still memorialized in those respective areas by Clark and Hall Streets. [History of Toledo and Lucas County, Ohio; Clark Waggoner; Munsell & Co., New York, 1888.]

Geography

Holland is located at coor dms|41|37|10|N|83|42|35|W|city (41.619451, -83.709806)GR|1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.9 square miles (2.3 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 1,306 people, 522 households, and 292 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,507.1 people per square mile (579.6/km²). There were 553 housing units at an average density of 638.2/sq mi (245.4/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 94.64% White, 1.68% African American, 0.08% Native American, 2.07% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 0.38% from other races, and 1.07% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.22% of the population.

There were 522 households out of which 25.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.2% were married couples living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 43.9% were non-families. 40.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 26.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 3.06.

In the village the population was spread out with 22.4% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 24.7% from 25 to 44, 17.0% from 45 to 64, and 29.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 82.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 75.0 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $33,669, and the median income for a family was $45,500. Males had a median income of $35,938 versus $25,795 for females. The per capita income for the village was $18,196. The average cost of a house in the village is $89,225. About 1% of families and 9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4% of those under age 18 and 1% of those age 65 or over.

References

External links

* [http://www.toledo.com/holland/index.php more Holland, Ohio info from Toledo.com]
* [http://www.hollandspringfieldspencerhs.org Holland Springfield Spencer Historical Society website]