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From: "Mary Jo C. Martin" <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Question: Holland Township History
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 20:19:27 +1100
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Perhaps this ads another tidbit to the answer to Beverly's original question about the origin of the name of Holland Twp.

From: Hunterdon County Place Names, by Phyllis B. D'Autrechy, published by Hunterdon County Cultural and Heritage Commission, Flemington, NJ, 1992, p. 27


Holland, Holland Township. This village is located on CR 627 southerly from the community of Amsterdam. The town was not mentioned in the 1881 history of the county but the 1873 atlas shows a wide-spread settlement of about a dozen dwellings here. When Frederick Rapp died in 1876 his residence was given as Holland Station apparently a depot of the Belvidere and Delaware Railroad. When compared to the 1873 atlas Rapp's home is shown at the location of present Holland. (Beers: 36-37; Docket 04973)


Happy hunting.

Regards,
Mary Jo C. Martin
Melbourne, Australia

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