and Holy Ghost School also were once both in South Holland, but both have been closed by the Chicago Archdiocese. South Holland is home to the main campus of South Suburban College. In literature The 1925 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel So Big by Edna Ferber is set in South Holland. The Widow Paarlberg inspired one of the main characters and her family farm is preserved in a municipal park. The 2021 novel "Termination Shock" by Neal Stephenson includes a lead character, child of a conservative Dutch father and Indonesian mother, who spends his childhood in South Holland during the 1950s and 1960s. Though the town isn't named its description in the novel fits only South Holland, Illinois during that time period. References External links Chicago metropolitan area Villages in Cook County, Illinois Villages in Illinois Populated places established in 1846 Dutch-American culture in Illinois 1846 establishments in Illinois Majority-minority cities and towns in Cook County, Illinois