Holland (Vermont)

Holland
Holland Location in Vermont
Basic data
Foundation :	October 26, 1779
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Orleans County
Coordinates :	44 ° 58 ′  N , 71 ° 59 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 58 ′  N , 71 ° 59 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	629 (as of 2010)
Population density :	6.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	99.0 km 2  (approx. 38 mi 2 ) of which 97.4 km 2  (approx. 38 mi 2 ) are land
Height :	532 m
Postal code :	05830
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-33775
GNIS ID :	1462277

Holland is a town in Orleans County in the state of Vermont in the United States with 629 inhabitants (according to the 2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

Holland lies in the northeast of Orleans County on the border with Canada. There are several lakes in the area of ​​the town. The largest is Holland Pond in the northeast . To the north and northeast of this are the Beaver Pond and the Turtle Pond . There are several small streams in the town's area. The surface of the town is hilly, the highest point is the centrally located 711 m high Mount John .

Neighboring communities

All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.

• East: Norton , 20.2 km
• South: Morgan , 9.0 km
• West: Derby , 16.8 km
• North: Stanstead, Quebec , 8 mi

City structure

Town Holland is divided into three unincorporated villages:

• Holland Center
• Holland Pond
• Tice Hollow

climate

The mean average temperature in Holland is between -11.7 ° C (11 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 18.3 ° C (65 ° Fahrenheit) in July. This means that the place is around 9 degrees cooler than the long-term average in the USA. The snowfall between mid-October and mid-May is more than two meters, about twice as high as the average snow depth in the USA. The daily sunshine duration is at the lower end of the range of values ​​in the USA, between September and mid-December it is even significantly lower.

history

Timothy Andrews and other settlers received the grant on March 8, 1787. The town was founded on October 26, 1789. The first meeting of the grant holders was held on June 8, 1795 in Greensboro. The first settlers arrived in Holland in 1800. It was Edmund Elliot and Joseph Cowal. The town's inaugural session took place on March 14, 1805.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Holland, Vermont
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents		128	100	422	605	669	748	881	913	878
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	838	722	714	580	533	406	376	383	473	423
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	588	629

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Holland is criss-crossed by a few streets in the town. There are no major roads or a railroad connection, only Vermont State Route 111 grazes the area of ​​the town in the southwest corner.

Public facilities

There is no hospital of its own in Holland. The closest hospital is North Country Hospital & Health Care in Newport City.

education

Holland is part of the North Country Supervisory Union . Holland Elementary School is located in Holland , with classes up to sixth grade.

There is no library of its own in Holland. The Haskell Free Library and Opera House in Derby is the closest library to the residents of Holland.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Horace Tabor (1830-1899), politician, from January 27 to March 3, 1883 he sat for the state of Colorado in the US Senate

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842, p. 91 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Web links

Commons : Holland, Vermont  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Profile of the municipality on the official portal www.Vermont.gov
• Maps from 1859 and 1878 and a historical summary
• Entry on VirtualVermont (English) ( Memento from May 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Holland in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed March 13, 2017
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ Mount John . In: peakery.com . ( peakery.com ).
4. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
5. ↑ Holland, Vermont (VT 05830) profile: population, maps, real estate, averages, homes, statistics, relocation, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, moving, houses, news, sex offenders. In: city-data.com. www.city-data.com, accessed on March 13, 2017 (English). 
6. ^ History of Vermont, Natural, Civil, and Statistical . For the author, by C. Goodrich, 1842, p. 91 ( books.google.de ).
7. ↑ Population 1810-2010 according to census results
8. ^ NCSU. In: google.com. sites.google.com, accessed May 19, 2019 .