THE HOLLAND LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Lake Michigan Moraines setting.
Holland city has 16.9 square miles of land in Allegan County, Ottawa County. Its Census reference point is in Lake Michigan Moraines, within Southern Michigan/Northern Indiana Drift Plains.
Lakes, marshes and complex glacial deposits create a varied landscape around southern Michigan and northern Indiana. Moraines, beach ridges, dunes, kettles and meltwater channels occur across the region.
Regional context: Southern Michigan/Northern Indiana Drift Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Holland intersects 2 county geographies: Allegan County, Ottawa County. A Holland mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Holland by land and water
The Census records 0.77 square miles of water within Holland, or 4.3% of its total area. It is 37.1 percentage points lower than the 41.5% recorded for Michigan. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Holland city has 9.3 times the land area of nearby Beechwood CDP (1.81 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

