South Holland

South Holland, village, Cook county, northeastern Illinois, U.S. South Holland is a suburb of Chicago, located along the Little Calumet River about 30 miles (50 km) south of downtown. Founded in 1847 by Dutch farmers, it was first called De Laage Prairie (“The Low Prairie”); it was renamed South Holland in 1870. The community developed after 1853, when the Illinois Central Railroad came through. Originally a truck-farming community, noted especially for its onion sets, South...