Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Hollansburg, Ohio

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Harrison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45332. The Survey maps it on the Whitewater quadrangle. 243 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,161 feet above sea level.

Hollansburg within Darke County

Population over time

2 figures

Hollansburg grew from 227 to 243 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

Year	People	Change
2010	227
2020	243	+16 (+7%)

Then and now

1915 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 71 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hollansburg, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Hollansburg, surveyed 1915

Compare 1915 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

In the county-history sources

18,015 words on this township

The History of Darke County, Ohio, Containing a History of the County; Its Cities, Towns, Etc.; General and Local Statistics; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men;, published 1880 names this settlement in its chapter on Harrison Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

McClure, who was both preacher and teacher, conscientious and philanthropic - a ' good man. John Forster, Isaac Mains and William Polly were all early preachers of the Christian denomination. The efforts of such families as the Tillsons, Har lands and Pollys and of Solomon Broderick, produced a wholesome moral and religious sentiment in the southern and western part of the township. At Fort Black, lived Ernestus Putnam, a strict Presbyterian, and there were John Rush, John Downing, Jiidson Jaqua, Hart, and others, who were men of good character and public spirited. Jacob Miller was of marked intelligence, but his moral influence was not of the best. The first house built for public worship was a log meeting-house, near where Friendship Church now stands. There are now eight churches in the township, viz.: one Presbyterian, one Methodist and one Universalist, at New Madison ; one Christian at Hollansburg. and one each of Christian, Presbyterian, New Light and United Brethren elsewhere in the township. It was also used as a schoolhouse, wherein John Purvianee taught the first school, supported by subscription. The first schoolhouse, intended as such, was built at Yankeetown, in 1819. and Moses Woods was the first teacher there. The second was built upon Section 16, and William Hill was the first to teach in it. The township now has six district schools, besides the school at Hollandsburg, which includes two districts, and the school at Madison, of which mention is later made. A brief sketch of New Madison will be read with interest in this connection. We have referred to the Christmas auction of lots and the few sales made. It seems that the attempted sale was made an occasion of a regular pioneer jollification, but its failure was disheartening to Smith, who, in 1819, sold his entire claim to Ernestus Putnam, who had entered the quarter-section just west of Smith. The purchaser bought up all lots sold, vacated the plat, and, in 1831, surveyed New Madison by laying off seventeen lots on each side of what is now Main street, beginning with the lot where the old tannery stands and running south on the east side of the street and back on the west side. Mr. Putnam kept the first store in the place, to which he transferred his stock from Fort Black. A Mr. Hyde was the first blacksmith. At the southeast corner of the new plat, a rectangularshaped piece of land remained, upon which Putnam placed a log house and donated both lot and house to the people for school purposes. This was the first schoolhouse within the limits of the present corporation. He and John Wade also gave a piece of ground for a cemetery, provided public ground for a militia parade, and, when a church was needed, he gave the ground, and he and others built the present brick church and gave it for the use of the public, with the restriction that it should be used by orthodox denominations only. Before the church was built, Mr. Putnam, who was the prime mover in the undertaking, made several propositions toward securing co-operation. Several gave sums ranging from $50 downward. The Foulkes and Hollingsheads gave t>50 ; Mrs. Wilson (now the only survivor) gave $50 ; Mrs. Carson, $50 ; Dr. Kilpatrick, $50, and the Lawrences, the Schribers, the Rittenours, etc., varying smaller amounts. The church was erected in 1847. Mr. Putnam superintended the work ; Jason Downing was one of the brickmasons ; William Biddle did a large part of the woodwork. It was not until several years after the church was built that funds were subscribed to purchase a bell, and the bell was not put up until after the German Reformed Church had possession of the building, which occurred in the latter part of 1857. After the church wras built, there was for some time no regular preaching by Presbyterian ministers, but frequent services by preachers of that and other ortho dox denominations. Rev. Benj. 0. Springer came here about two years after the church was built, and he was succeeded by Peter Crocker, who preached frequently, but did not occupy all the time, until 1855-5<>. In 1857, Rev. Voght, of the (4ernian Reformed Church, awakened a great interest here and organized a church, af. which time Mr. Putnam joined the new organization and the Presbyterian Church was turned over to its use. he himself appointing the following Trustees, viz., Elias Barter, Robert Snodgrass and Echard Worch. Mr. Snodgrass died, and

Passage source: The History of Darke County, Ohio, Containing a History of the County; Its Cities, Towns, Etc.; General and Local Statistics; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men;, published 1880.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Harrison Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.

Fires near this place

1 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Hollansburg between 2002 and 2002, burning about 1 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Equipment and vehicle use	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
2 November 2002	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Darke County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 166 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 166 specimens collected within 10 miles of Hollansburg between 1905 and 1969: 154 Animalia, 12 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A VERWYST, B. Montgomery, L. Alward & P. Alward, Clark, C. F. (Clarence F.) and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Species	Year	Collected by	Where, as recorded
Argia fumipennis violacea (Hagen, 1861)	1969	B. Montgomery, L. Alward & P. Alward	Baker's Motel, near Norwick
Etheostoma caeruleum Storer, 1845	1905	Clark, C. F. (Clarence F.)	Prairie Outlet, Sec 28 of Neave township, ~0.3 mi NE of Wayne Lakes Park, Neave township
Etheostoma microperca Jordan & Gilbert, 1888	1905	Clark, C. F. (Clarence F.)	Prairie Outlet, Sec 28 of Neave township, ~0.3 mi NE of Wayne Lakes Park, Neave township
Campostoma anomalum anomalum	1930	MB Trautman	Whitewater River, S Harrison Twp
Catostomus commersonnii commersonnii (Lacepède, 1803)	1930	MB Trautman	Whitewater River, S Harrison Twp
Chrosomus erythrogaster (Rafinesque, 1820)	1930	Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)	East Fork Whitewater River tributary, within Harrison township, near New Madison, Harrison township
Clinostomus elongatus (Kirtland, 1840)	1930	MB Trautman	Whitewater River, S Harrison Twp
Cottus bairdii bairdii Girard, 1850	1930	Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)	East Fork Whitewater River tributary, within Harrison township, near New Madison, Harrison township
Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820	1930	MB Trautman	Whitewater River, S Harrison Twp
Etheostoma spectabile (Agassiz, 1854)	1930	MB Trautman	Whitewater River, S Harrison Twp
Notropis buccatus (Cope, 1865)	1930	MB Trautman	Whitewater River, S Harrison Twp
Phoxinus erythrogaster (Rafinesque, 1820)	1930	MB Trautman	Whitewater River, S Harrison Twp

All 166 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hollansburg: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Hollinger Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
	Hollinger Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Darke County

Storms near this place

5 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hollansburg in 5 storm reports between 2004 and 2018: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
May 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Hollansburg	$10,000	A porch overhang was lifted and a car sustained minimal damage due to damaging thunderstorm winds. A shop building had a door blown open, allowing for damage to the articles inside.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Hollansburg	$5,000	Trees were downed and quarter size hail fell.
May 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Hollansburg	$3,000	A few trees were downed.
March 2012	Hail	Hollansburg	-	no account filed
July 2011	Hail	Hollansburg	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Darke County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Glen Karn	0.9 miles	18
Tampico	3.6 miles	18
Clark	3.8 miles	12
Palestine	4.5 miles	12
Wiley (historical)	4.6 miles	11
New Madison	4.8 miles	9
Braffetsville	5.3 miles	11
Long	5.6 miles	18

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Hollansburg	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2470446	The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064850. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.