Welcome to Hollis New Hampshire Hollis, New Hampshire is a beautiful small, country town accented by rolling hills and small farms. While Hollis has experienced growth over the past decade, it still remains an agricultural producing area attracting people from miles away to sample fresh produce. Hollis was part of the 1673 land grant called the Dunstable Grant. When it was later divided, then governor Benning Wentworth, named the western part "Holles" after his ancestor, John Holles, Earl of Clare. It was charted in 1746 and it became known as "Hollis," named after Thomas Hollis, a supporter of Harvard College The town (49 comments)