South Holland, Illinois

South Holland, United States

South Holland, Illinois shares 22 connections with 1327 other places across 11 topics, spanning Dutch heritage, literature, and religion. Economist Ian Goldin uses the town as a case study in chain migration, noting that 90% of Dutch migrants from South Holland, Netherlands settled in three American towns, of which this was one. Neal Stephenson's 2021 novel "Termination Shock" features a character with a Dutch father who grew up here during the 1950s and 1960s. Minister Norman J. Kansfield, suspended after officiating at his daughter's same-sex marriage, also has roots here.