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 2025, the town of Noordeloos had 1820 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.14 km2, and contained 300 residences.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 . (Statistics are for the continuous built-up area). 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.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003–2005. As of 1 January 2005.
Noordeloos was a separate municipality until 1986 when it became part of Giessenlanden.
Noordeloos is also the name of a small community in Ottawa County, Michigan. It was created in the mid-1800s by Dutch settlers (who, at the time were also settling in nearby Holland and Zeeland) 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.
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