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Holland is an unincorporated community in Northampton Township^[1]]], Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located next to Newtown, Richboro, and Churchville. One of its communities is Village Shires, which has approximately 4,000 residents.

Despite its proximity to Philadelphia, Holland was quite rural for much of its history. A building boom in the 1970s resulted in a significant increase in housing capacity, mainly in the form of large tract-housing developments (e.g. Hillcrestshire, located off of Buck Road). Since then, the town has seen additional growth, becoming a prototypical commuter bedroom community for suburban families. The area's proximity to both Philadelphia and the Trenton/Princeton, New Jersey area makes Holland a desirable location. Holland is located in the Council Rock School District, and is home to several of the district's schools: Council Rock High School South, Holland Middle School (formerly Holland Junior High), Holland Elementary, Hillcrest Elementary, and Rolling Hills Elementary. Holland is also home to several private Catholic schools: Villa Joseph Marie High School, an all-girls school, and St Bede Catholic School, affiliated with the church of the same name.

Notable current and former residents include James C. Greenwood, former U.S. Representative who represented the area in Congress, Matt Walsh, former Florida Gators basketball star and a former player with the NBA's Miami Heat, Shannon James, Playboy Playmate of the Month (May 2007), and The Departed Actress Amanda Lynch.

Holland had commuter train service until February 1983. Service was "temporarily" suspended due to a lack of ridership along the line. In the ensuing years (particularly post-1995), there has been interest in resuming passenger service by Bucks County, officials; however, neighboring Montgomery County officials are staunchly opposed to it. Though rail service was initially replaced with a Fox Chase-Newtown shuttle bus, patronage remained light. The replacement bus service was far slower and less convenient than the train service it replaced, resulting in the shuttle bus being very unpopular. The travelling public never saw a bus service as a suitable replacement for a rail service.

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