Hollis, Kansas

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. 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
See also: List of books about Cloud County, Kansas

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