Noordeloos
Noordeloos is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Molenlanden, and lies about north of Gorinchem.
In 2013, the town of Noordeloos had 1816 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.14 km2, and contained 300 residences.
The statistical area "Noordeloos", which also can include the peripheral parts of the village, as well as the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 370.
Noordeloos was a separate municipality until 1986 when it became part of Giessenlanden.
Holland [Charter Township, Michigan|Noordeloos] is also the name of a small community in Ottawa [County, Michigan]. It was created in the mid-1800s by Dutch settlers and was named after the original Dutch town.
In a book called The Shortest History of Migration, the economist Ian Goldin explains the concept of chain migration or network migration by noting that 90% of Dutch migrants from South Holland to the United States settled in three American towns, one of which was Noordeloos's namesake in Michigan.