New Holland, OH

New Holland grew from a crossroads called Four Corners. In 1818, Pennsylvania Dutch, Dutch, and German settlers gathered at the meeting of an east-west stagecoach route and a north-south Indigenous foot trail, on land in the Virginia Military District. Main and Front Streets still mark that old crossing. The village now straddles Fayette and Pickaway counties, a line that gives a small place two regional affiliations: the Columbus metro area on one side and the Washington Court House micropolitan area on the other.

The surrounding farmland still sets the pace, and New Holland is connected to several nearby centers for work, shopping, and school activities. Miami Trace Local School District serves residents, continuing a local education tradition that once included a school of the village’s own. The village’s location makes it an easy stop on trips toward Columbus, Circleville, Washington Court House, or Chillicothe, while its streets remain organized around the old center. New Holland’s character comes from that overlap of routes: a settlement born where travelers and Native paths crossed, now a small farm community living between county lines and larger Ohio towns.