Hollis is an unincorporated community in Cloud County, Kansas, United States.[1]

History

1909 tornado damage

The community was originally named Christie, for W. J. Christie, the original owner of the town site.[2]

Hollis was a shipping point located at the junction of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy and the Union Pacific Railroads.[3]

A tornado hit Hollis on May 14, 1909, at five o'clock in the evening[4] causing serious damage and killing several people. The town was "swept away" by the tornado[4] Only three buildings in the town were reported to have escaped damage, and total damage estimates were over $50,000 in 1909 dollars.[4] In 1910, the community reported a population of just 50 people.[5]

Education

The community is served by Concordia USD 333 public school district.

References

  1. ↑ "Hollis, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
  2. ↑ Hollibaugh, E. F. (1903). Biographical History of Cloud County, Kansas: Biographies of Representative Citizens. Illustrated with Portraits of Prominent People, Cuts of Homes, Stock, Etc. Wilson, Humphrey & Company. p. 888.
  3. ↑ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 864.
  4. 1 2 3 The Kansas City Star Archived 2012-09-06 at the Wayback Machine "Damage by Kansas Storm" May 15, 1909 (reported on GenDisasters.com website)
  5. ↑ "Hollis - KS-Cyclopedia - 1912". www.ksgenweb.org. Retrieved July 14, 2022.

Further reading

39°37′52″N 097°33′09″W / 39.63111°N 97.55250°W / 39.63111; -97.55250


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