Hollandtown, Wisconsin

Hollandtown is an unincorporated community in the town of Holland in Brown County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located along County D.[2] Some maps call it Holland.

Hollandtown, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Welcome sign
Hollandtown Location within the state of Wisconsin
Coordinates: 44°14′55″N 88°10′18″W
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Brown
Town	Holland
Established	circa 1848
Elevation	768 ft (234 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	920
GNIS feature ID	1566546[1]

History

Hollandtown was established around 1848 by a group led by Father Adrianus Dominicus Godthardt from Holland.[3] The group also settled in nearby Darboy.[3]

Father Godthart and passengers from the ship Libra that arrived in Little Chute, Wisconsin in 1848 sought a better place to settle. His journal reads "But when the immigrants saw the place Father Van den Broek had desitined for them, they were disappointed. Those of us who had arrived first had to wait for the other two groups sixteen and seventeen days. No one wanted to stay at that place which had bad connections, had no commerce or stores, and where the land was not fertile." [Father Van den Broek had organized three ships of Catholics from North Braband, the Netherlands. The passengers of the Libra were the first to arrive in the area, followed by immigrants aboard The America and The Maria Magdalena.][4]

Notable people

• William J. Duffy, Wisconsin jurist and legislator[5]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Holland
2. http://wisconsin.hometownlocator.com/wi/brown/holland.cfm
3. Edens, Mrs. Dale (January 18, 1973). "Historical Insight". Chilton Times-Journal.
4. Jagodzinski, Bernardine (2018). The Coming, The Going - Kempen and Vander Loop Familes. Self. pp. 84–87.
5. 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1950,' Biographical Sketch of William J. Duffy, pg. 40

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  Hollandtown Fire department