Holland is a city in Bell County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,075 at the 2020 census. The center of population of Texas is located in Holland. It is part of the Killeen–Temple–Fort Hood metropolitan statistical area.
History
Holland's history reaches back to a time before the Civil War, when a community known as Mountain Home began to grow up near Gotcher's Mountain, a hill south of town. A post office was established on August 22, 1870, under the name Mountain Home, with James Shaw as postmaster. On November 6, 1871, the Mountain Home post office was officially closed.
In 1881, an extension of the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad was laid out from Denison to Taylor, and the tracks were constructed through Bell County in 1881 and 1882, from north to south, passing through the Holland community. This brought about the town of Holland as it is known today.
James Reuben Holland arrived in Belton, Texas, on October 26, 1874, with a wagon and horses, his wife and four children, and six dollars cash. A. Moss made an application for the Mountain Home community to have a new post office again, but by that time, the name "Mountain Home" had already been claimed by another community. Without Holland's knowledge, Moss submitted the name "Holland". The Holland post office was officially approved April 10, 1879, with the appointment of Alfred Evans as postmaster. In 1877, Holland bought of land along Darr's Creek for $5.00 an acre. The following year, Holland bought an additional and built a steam-powered cotton gin.
Geography
Holland is located in southeastern Bell County. Texas State Highway 95 passes through the town, leading north to Temple and south to Taylor.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which , or 1.12%, is covered by water.
|2020=1075
{| class="wikitable"
|+Holland racial composition as of 2020<br /> (NH = Non-Hispanic)
!Race
!Number
!Percentage
|-
|White (NH)
|688
|64.0%
|-
|Black or African American (NH)
|54
|5.02%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native (NH)
|1
|0.09%
|-
|Asian (NH)
|3
|0.28%
|-
|Pacific Islander (NH)
|1
|0.09%
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|6
|0.56%
|-
|Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH)
|48
|4.47%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino
|274
|25.49%
|-
|Total
|1,075
|
|}
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,075 people, 487 households, and 373 families residing in the town.
As of the census