Hollis is a town in York County, Maine, United States.

[2] Hollis is a rural bedroom community of Portland and is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford metropolitan statistical area.

It was bought in 1664 by Major William Phillips from Hobinowell and Mogg Hegon, sagamores of the local Abenaki Indians.

[3] John and Andrew Gordon tried to settle the land in 1754, but were driven away by the Native Americans.

On March 27, 1781, the first recorded plantation meeting took place and Joseph Chadbourne was elected moderator.

In 1810 a committee was put together to rename the town, headed by Colonel Isaac Lane and Captain Eben Cleaves.

Water powered mills were built along the Saco River at Hollis village, Bar Mills, Moderation Falls (opposite West Buxton), North Hollis and Bonny Eagle Falls.

[5] Hollis was the closest community to the epicenter of a 4.0 magnitude earthquake felt by many across New England on October 16, 2012.

Hollis borders the towns of Limington and Standish to the north, Buxton to the east, Dayton to the south, Lyman to the southwest and Waterboro to its west.

Winters are cold and snowy, whereas summers are mild to warm with frequent rainfall.

The few large businesses in Hollis include Eagle Industries, a precision sheet metal shop that employs about 35 and used to also be the main sponsor of FIRST Robotics Competition Team BERT 133 from Bonny Eagle High School.

[12] At 7:12 pm local time, on October 16, 2012, an earthquake originally estimated as a 4.6 magnitude, then downgraded to a 4.0 struck Hollis, with its epicenter approximately 3 miles (5 km) west of the center of town.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake occurred at a depth of 6.6 km (4.1 miles).