Holland, OH

Holland is a Lucas County village in eastern Springfield Township, on Toledo’s southern edge. The 2020 census counted 1,664 residents. The place has worn several names: Drakes, possibly after a family or the geese that crossed the area, then Hardy, likely for Samuel Hardy, before Holland became the settled name. That layered naming gives the village a small but memorable local history tied to the crossroads and the older Springfield Township landscape. Today, Holland’s everyday map connects Springfield High School, Holland Intermediate, and the Holland branch of the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library.

The school district reaches beyond the village into the surrounding township, and the library branch is part of Toledo’s countywide system. Toledo is the regional center for work and services, while Holland keeps a separate village address inside Springfield Township and its surrounding neighborhoods. Holland’s local scoop is a Toledo-side community where an old crossroads story, a school campus, and a public library branch mark the present-day center.