Editing Hollandale, Mississippi (section)

==History==
Hollandale was named for Dr. Holland, the original owner of the town site.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n157 158]}}</ref>
 
Hollandale was incorporated in 1890, and almost completely destroyed by fire in 1904.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Blues Locations – Mississippi – Hollandale – Welcome to Earlyblues.com – History Section|url=http://earlyblues.org/blues-locations-mississippi-hollandale/|access-date=2020-08-25|language=en-GB}}</ref>

A one-room school house in Hollandale was founded by Emory Peter "E.P." Simmons in 1891.  One of the first schools for African-American children in the area, it was used until 1923, when financial support from the [[Rosenwald Fund]] enabled the construction of a larger brick school.  Simmons worked as an educator and administrator for 52 years, and [[Simmons High School (Mississippi)|Simmons High School]] in Hollandale is named in his honor.<ref name="landmarks">{{cite web | title = Landmarks, Legends and Lyrics | publisher = Greenville and Washington County Convention and Visitors Bureau | url = http://www.visitgreenville.org/itineraries_pdfs/landmarks-legend-and-lyrics.pdf | access-date = Sep 6, 2013 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Thomas Roosevelt "T.R." Sanders was a noted community leader.  Sanders was principal of Simmons High School for 33 years, and the first superintendent of the Hollandale Colored School District.  Sanders developed 'Sanders Estates', the town's first subdivision, and organized an association which provided running water to neighboring [[Sharkey County, Mississippi|Sharkey County]].  Sanders was the first African-American in Mississippi to receive a master's degree in educational administration.<ref name="landmarks"/><ref>{{cite web | title = Death's Elsewhere | publisher = Baltimore Sun | date = Sep 2, 1998 | url = http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1998-09-02/news/1998245090_1_hollandale-sanders-simmons| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065416/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1998-09-02/news/1998245090_1_hollandale-sanders-simmons| url-status = dead| archive-date = March 4, 2016}}</ref>

During the [[Civil Rights Movement]], Hollandale was noted for having passed an ordinance forbidding white civil rights workers from living with black citizens.<ref>{{cite book | last = Rucker | first = Walter C. | title = Encyclopedia of American Race Riots | publisher = Greenwood Press | year = 2007 | isbn = 9780313333019 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=oLoXHHc_uUkC&pg=PP1}}</ref>

A marker on the [[Mississippi Blues Trail]] dedicated to musician [[Sam Chatmon]] is located in Hollandale, as is a marker on the Mississippi Country Music Trail dedicated to [[Ben Peters]].

Hollandale resident Capt. Kermit O. Evans was recognized by the U.S. Congress in 2007 after losing his life in [[Iraq War|Operation Iraqi Freedom]].<ref>{{cite book | title = Congressional Record, V. 153, PT. 3, February 5, 2007 to February 16, 2007 | publisher = U.S. Government | year = 2007 | isbn = 9780160869754 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=bJH3zC3KaHQC&pg=PA3023}}</ref>

The Farm Fresh Catfish processing plant was located in Hollandale until it closed in 2004, laying off 240 workers.  The [[Delta & Pine Land Company of Mississippi]], a cotton and soybean producer owned by [[Monsanto]], continues to be a major employer.<ref name="Lambe"/>

A 2008 study by the University of North Carolina described Hollandale as "a small community that has been mired in poverty for decades."<ref name="Lambe">{{cite web | last = Lambe | first = Will | title = Small Towns, Big Ideas | publisher = School of Government, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | date = Dec 2008 | url = http://www.iog.unc.edu/programs/cednc/stbi/pdfs/stbi_final.pdf | access-date = 2013-09-06 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140114113230/http://www.iog.unc.edu/programs/cednc/stbi/pdfs/stbi_final.pdf | archive-date = 2014-01-14 | url-status = dead }}</ref>