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. ^ a b "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.