Holland, Kentucky

Holland, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
Intersection of State Route 99 and State Route 100
Intersection of State Route 99 and State Route 100
Coordinates: 36°41′56″N 86°04′06″W / 36.69889°N 86.06833°W / 36.69889; -86.06833
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyAllen
Elevation
807 ft (246 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
42153
Area code270
GNIS feature ID494393[1]

Holland is an unincorporated community in the southeast corner of Allen County, Kentucky, United States.

History

A post office was established in the community in 1881 and named for early settler, William Holland.[2]

A tornado hit near Holland around 2 AM on Wednesday, February 6, 2008, killing four people and injuring several more.[3] During the 1925 Tri-State tornado outbreak, a strong EF4+ tornado killed four people near Holland.[4]

There is an Old Order Mennonite 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 Mennonites in nearby Scottsville.[5]

Geography

Holland is located at the intersection of Kentucky Route 99 and Kentucky Route 100, approximately 10 miles east of Scottsville. Tennessee State Route 10 continues north into the community. At Kentucky Route 1333 (Bandy Road), KY 99 veers northwest toward its terminus at KY 100 (Holland Road) in Holland.

Notes

  1. ^ "Holland". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved February 16, 2026.
  2. ^ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 143. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
  3. ^ "18 Tornadoes Confirmed In 14 Kentucky Counties". WKYT. February 6, 2008. p. 1. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
  4. ^ Grazulis, Thomas P. (May 1984). Violent Tornado Climatography, 1880–1982. OSTI (Technical report). NUREG. Washington, D.C.: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. OSTI 7099491. CR-3670.
  5. ^ Community by Elmo Stoll at anabaptistchurch.org Archived 2015-09-28 at the Wayback Machine


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