Hollis 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
Cloud County, Kansas, 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 and the
Union Pacific Railroad
The Union Pacific Railroad is a Railroad classes, Class I freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Pacific is the second largest railroad in the United Stat ...
s.
A
tornado
A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with the surface of 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, although the ...
hit Hollis on May 14, 1909, at five o'clock in the evening
[The Kansas City Star](_blank)
"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 public school district.
References
Further reading
External links
* Cloud County maps
CurrentHistoric
KDOT
Unincorporated communities in Cloud County, Kansas
Unincorporated communities in Kansas
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