Hollis is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

Cloud County, Kansas Cloud County (county code CD) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 9,032. Its county seat and most populous city is Concordia. History Early history For many millennia, the Great ...

, United States.

History

1909 tornado damage The community was originally named Christie, for W. J. Christie, the original owner of the town site. Hollis was a shipping point located at the junction of the

Chicago, Burlington and Quincy The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad was a railroad that operated in the Midwestern United States. Commonly referred to as the Burlington Route, the Burlington, or as the Q, it operated extensive trackage in the states of Colorado, Illin ...

and the

Union Pacific Railroad The Union Pacific Railroad , legally Union Pacific Railroad Company and often called simply Union Pacific, is a freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Paci ...

s. A

tornado A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. It is often referred to as a twister, whirlwind or cyclone, altho ...

hit Hollis on May 14, 1909, at five o'clock in the eveningThe Kansas City Star
"Damage by Kansas Storm" May 15, 1909 (reported on GenDisasters.com website) causing serious damage and killing several people. The town was "swept away" by the tornado Only three buildings in the town were reported to have escaped damage, and total damage estimates were over $50,000 in 1909 dollars. In 1910, the community reported a population of just 50 people.

Education

The community is served by

Concordia USD 333 Concordia USD 333 is a public unified school district headquartered in Concordia, Kansas, United States. The district includes the communities of Concordia, Jamestown, Aurora, Hollis, Huscher, Rice, and nearby rural areas. Schools The schoo ...

public school district.

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* Cloud County maps
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KDOT Unincorporated communities in Cloud County, Kansas Unincorporated communities in Kansas {{CloudCountyKS-geo-stub

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