Holland is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in the southeast corner of Allen County,

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, United States. The community, primarily a

rural In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry are typically desc ...

area on farmland, is approximately 10 miles east of Scottsville. A post office was established in the community in 1881, and named for early settler, William Holland. A tornado hit near Holland around 2 AM on Wednesday, February 6, 2008, killing 4 people and injuring several more. There is an

Old Order Mennonite Old Order Mennonites (Pennsylvania Dutch language, Pennsylvania German: ) form a branch of the Mennonite tradition. Old Order Movement, Old Order are those Mennonite groups of Swiss people, Swiss German and south Germans, German heritage who prac ...

community in Holland, that started as one of the "Christian Communities" founded by Elmo Stoll. Soon after the early death of Elmo Stoll in 1998, the "Christian Communities" began to disband. The community in Holland then decided to join the

Noah Hoover Mennonite The Noah Hoover Mennonites, called "Old Order Mennonite Church (Hoover)" by the Mennonite World Conference, and sometimes called " Scottsville Mennonites”, are a group of very plain Old Order Mennonites that originally came from the Stauffer Men ...

s in nearby Scottsville.''Community'' by Elmo Stoll at anabaptistchurch.org

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Unincorporated communities in Allen County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky {{AllenCountyKY-geo-stub