The city of Hollandale is in mid-eastern Mississippi, in Washington County. The city was incorporated in 1890, and named for Dr. Holland, the original owner of the land upon which the city was built, who gave the railroad a right-of-way in return for having the town named for him. It is uncertain just when the community was first settled by European-Americans, but land deeds had been filed as early as 1823, and a Dr. Thomas J. Gaddis practiced medicine there in 1860. A one-room schoolhouse was built there by Emory E.P. Simmons in 1891, one of the first to serve African-American children in the area, and used until 1923 when a larger brick schoolhouse was constructed. Simmons worked there as an educator and administrator for fifty-two years, and Simmons High School is named in his honor. Hollandale was almost completely destroyed by fire in 1904, but was rebuilt. During the Civil Rights movement, the city passed an ordinance forbidding white Civil Rights workers from living with black citizens in the city limits. Hollandale is accessed by US Highway 61, which runs north-south through the eastern side of the city. Nearby communities include Darlove, Estill, Overby, Percy, Warsaw, and Willet. Jackson, Mississippi is about ninety-five miles southeast of Hollandale.
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Incorporated in 1890, the city is located in Washington County, Mississippi. The official municipal web site features a profile of the community, an overview of its services and facilities, administrative and departmental contacts, agendas, minutes, and official notices are published to the site.
http://www.cityofhollandale.org/
The cemetery is located in the city of Hollandale, Washington County, Mississippi. Names, dates of birth and death, obituaries, and other details about many of the people interred there are presented, along with photographs of the grounds and individual memorial stones.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=352452
For the city airport in Hollandale, Mississippi, the location, airport operations and communications, services, and management are featured, along with runway information, operational statistics, instrument procedures, a sectional chart, and an aerial photograph of the airfield. A distance calculator is included.
http://www.airnav.com/airport/14M/
The combined elementary, junior high school, and high school campus provides an education for students in pre-kindergarten through the twelfth grade. General information about the district, a calendar of events, district personnel, office hours, and a phone directory are put forward, and employment opportunities are posted to the site.
http://www.hollandalesd.org/
Featuring photographs and information about the town of Hollandale, Mississippi, particularly from the 1950s to the present, and especially the Hollandale High School class of 1969, the site includes yearbook scans from the 1950s and 1960s, sports from 1937 to 1940, and photographs from 1965 to 1967, as well as alumni notifications and schedules.
http://www.silverlake-gallery.com/
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