Holly Ridge, Louisiana
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Holly Ridge 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
Richland Parish, Louisiana Richland Parish is a List of parishes in Louisiana, parish located in the North Louisiana Delta Country in the U.S. state of Louisiana, known for its fertile, flat farmland, cane brakes, and open spaces. The parish had a population of 20,043 at ...
, United States.


History

In 1908 the Chess and Wymond company purchased over 6000 acres in the area now known as Holly Ridge. They named the site after the thousands of
holly ''Ilex'' () or holly is a genus of over 570 species of flowering plants in the family Aquifoliaceae, and the only living genus in that family. ''Ilex'' has the most species of any woody dioecious angiosperm genus. The species are evergreen o ...
trees growing along the hilltops.


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Unincorporated communities in Richland Parish, Louisiana Unincorporated communities in Louisiana {{Louisiana-geo-stub