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
Josephine County
Josephine County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 88,090. The county seat is Grants Pass. The county is named after Virginia Josephine Rollins (1834–1912), a settler who was t ...
,
Oregon
Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ...
, United States.
It is about eight miles southeast of
Cave Junction, in the
Illinois Valley south of
Oregon Route 46.
Holland post office was established in 1899 and named for area
pioneer
Pioneer commonly refers to a person who is among the first at something that is new to a community.
A pioneer as a settler is among the first settling at a place that is new to the settler community. A historic example are American pioneers, perso ...
James E. Holland.
The office closed in 1960.
[
Holland is in the heart of the Josephine County ]gold mining
Gold mining is the extraction of gold by mining.
Historically, mining gold from Alluvium, alluvial deposits used manual separation processes, such as gold panning. The expansion of gold mining to ores that are not on the surface has led to mor ...
district and is the home of the Holland Loop Store
References
External links
Image of the Holland Store
from Flickr
with details about Holland
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Unincorporated communities in Josephine County, Oregon
1899 establishments in Oregon
Populated places established in 1899
Unincorporated communities in Oregon
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