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Hollands

Ghost town · Sharkey County, Mississippi

Bayland quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1961, 1:62,500)
Bayland quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1961, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Hollands is a ghost town in Sharkey County, Mississippi. It is the only former community in Sharkey County recorded on the federal names register, out of 415 across Mississippi.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Hollands as a historical populated place on the Bayland topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 32.9804° N, 90.6662° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBayland
Elevation96 ft
Nearest living townLouise, MS
Distance to it4.4 miles
GNIS feature ID705320
Coordinates32.98041, -90.66621

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What's there now

Hollands is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Louise, MS (population 155), about 4.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 96 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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