New Amsterdam, Wisconsin

New Amsterdam, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
New Amsterdam to the right and the Town of Holland is to the left
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Coordinates: 43°58′58″N91°19′00″W / 43.98278°N 91.31667°W / 43.98278; -91.31667
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	La Crosse
Town	Holland
Elevation	679 ft (207 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	608
GNIS feature ID	1570198 [1]

New Amsterdam is an unincorporated community located in the town of Holland, in La Crosse County, Wisconsin, United States. ^[1]

History

86 original Dutch settlers settled in the area in 1853. The town steadily expanded in the 1850s, seeing a post office in 1855 and its first town hall meeting in 1858. ^{[2] [3]}

Notes

1. "New Amsterdam". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wmh/archives/search.aspx?area=browse&volume=31&articleID=17333 ^{[ dead link ]}
3. "Town of Holland". www.co.la-crosse.wi.us. Archived from the original on January 5, 2004.