Hollandsburg, Indiana

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Hollandsburg, Indiana
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Parke County's location in Indiana
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Hollandsburg
Location in Parke County
Coordinates: 39°45′37″N87°04′20″W / 39.76028°N 87.07222°W / 39.76028; -87.07222
Country United States
State Indiana
County Parke
Township Union
Elevation
[1]
741 ft (226 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
47872
Area code 765
GNIS feature ID 449670

Hollandsburg or Hollandsburgh is an unincorporated community in Union Township, Parke County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [2]

History

A post office was established at Hollandsburg in 1853, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1902. [3] The community was named for a Kentucky minister named Holland who was a personal friend of John Collings, who built the first residence. [4]

The town was the site of the 1977 St. Valentine's Day Massacre, in which four young men entered a trailer home and shot to death four brothers and wounded their mother. [5] Roger Drollinger, a 24 year old habitual criminal, expected to go to prison the next day on a drug charge, and decided to commit a thrill killing while he still had the opportunity. [5] Drollinger and his followers Daniel Stonebraker, Michael Wright, and David Smith were all found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison. [6] Roger Drollinger, then aged 60, died in prison on January 29, 2014. [6]

References

  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  2. "Hollandsburg, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  3. "Parke County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
  4. History of Parke and Vermillion Counties, Indiana. B.F. Bowen & Cos. 1913. p. 219.
  5. 1 2 "The Drollinger Case".
  6. 1 2 Staff writers (January 30, 2014). "Retro Indy: 1977 Hollandsburg massacre". The Indianapolis Star . Retrieved March 14, 2016.