New Holland, Georgia
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New Holland, Georgia is a mill village located approximately two miles north-east of Gainesville, Georgia
, and is in Hall County, Georgia
. New Holland was constructed by the Pacolet Manufacturing Company in the 1890s and consisted of several hundred homes for workers in the Pacolet Cotton Mill. A central feature was New Holland Springs, which purportedly had health-giving properties. The village is unincorporated and has a population of approximately 600. The New Holland mill is currently owned and operated by Milliken, Inc.
Gainesville, Georgia
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, and is in Hall County, Georgia
Hall County, Georgia
Hall County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. In 2000, the population was 139,277. It is included in the Gainesville, Georgia, Metropolitan Statistical Area...
. New Holland was constructed by the Pacolet Manufacturing Company in the 1890s and consisted of several hundred homes for workers in the Pacolet Cotton Mill. A central feature was New Holland Springs, which purportedly had health-giving properties. The village is unincorporated and has a population of approximately 600. The New Holland mill is currently owned and operated by Milliken, Inc.
- Douglas IvesterDouglas IvesterDouglas Ivester was appointed as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Coca-Cola Company after the death of Mr. Roberto Goizueta. He retired on February 17, 2000.-Biography:...
, a former CEO of The Coca-Cola CompanyThe Coca-Cola CompanyThe Coca-Cola Company is an American multinational beverage corporation and manufacturer, retailer and marketer of non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups. The company is best known for its flagship product Coca-Cola, invented in 1886 by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton in Columbus, Georgia...
, was born in New Holland. - Brad StricklandBrad StricklandWilliam Bradley Strickland is an American author known primarily for his fantasy and science fiction. He was born in New Holland, Georgia....
, a science-fiction and mystery novelist, was born in New Holland.
- Douglas Winters, a former Hall County School Superintendent was born in New Holland.