Holmesville is hamlet situated on the Unadilla River, in the south-east corner of the town of New Berlin, At one time a branch of the Midland Rail Road had a station in the village. about a mile-and-a-half south of South New Berlin. A little over 2 miles south of the village there was a Union church, (built in 1861,). At one time Holmesville was a rather thriving village with a district school, two stores, a grist-mill, a saw, shingle and planing mill, a cheese factory, (built in 1861,) a cheese factory, two shoe shops, (kept by Smith O. Dexter and Harvey Isbell,) a blacksmith shop, kept by Watson Woodworth, two wagon shops, (kept by Harmon Hopkins and George Sherman,) two cabinet shops, (kept by Richard Hunt and Horatio G.