Holder is an

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in Old Town Township, McLean County,

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Geography

Holder is located at (40.4511462, -88.8042368), and is located east of Bloomington.

History

Holder was laid out 7 December 1871 by Charles W. Holder. Holder was a Bloomington land developer who was associated with the development of many towns including

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, for which Padua Township had supplied $30,000 worth of bonds. The location of the station came as a surprise to local people who had expected that it would be closer to the center of the Township. A store was moved to the new Town. By 1872 freight service had begun of the railroad. The original town consisted of four blocks on the north side of the depot grounds. The depot was on the south side of the tracks and early grain elevators were on both sides of the tracks.''Combined Indexed Atlas 1856 - 1914, McLean County, Illinois'' (Bloomington: McLean County Historical Society and McLean County Genealogical Society, 2006) p. 181

Demographics

Holder consists of approximately 25 residential dwellings.

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{{authority control Unincorporated communities in McLean County, Illinois Unincorporated communities in Illinois Populated places established in 1871 1871 establishments in Illinois