Holland is a small city in eastern Bell County, Texas, within the Killeen–Temple–Fort Hood metropolitan area of Central Texas. It sits at the junction of State Highway 95 and Farm-to-Market Road 2268, approximately 15 miles south of Temple and within easy reach of Belton and the Interstate 35 corridor. The town is home to roughly 1,075 residents. Holland's history reaches back to settlement in the 1860s and 1870s, when farming families established themselves near Darr's Creek before relocating to the new townsite as the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad arrived. A post office opened in 1879, and the community adopted the name Holland by the mid-1880s. Immigrants, primarily Czechs and Germans, helped build the farming community, a heritage that still shapes the area's cultural character. By the 1880s the town was shipping cotton and supporting gins and mills. The town holds a curious geographic distinction: the center of population of Texas has been calculated to fall within or near Holland, placing this small community at the literal demographic middle of the state. Agriculture and small-town life continue to define Holland, with cotton and farming long central to the local economy. Holland suits residents seeking a quiet, close-knit rural community with convenient access to the larger cities and employers of the Temple-Belton area. The local school district, Holland ISD, serves the community, and the surrounding countryside offers the open landscape characteristic of Central Texas farmland. Nearby reservoirs, including Stillhouse Hollow Lake and Belton Lake, provide boating and fishing, while the historic village of Salado lies a short drive to the north. The town's modest scale, agricultural roots, and regional convenience give it a distinct, unhurried character among Central Texas communities.