Welcome to Coleta ...
Coleta is located in Clay County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Coleta, you might consider that their post office opened in 1848.
Time Zone: Coleta lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Telephone area codes for Coleta: (256) & (938)<2>
Communities Also Named Coleta ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Alabama communities named Coleta: This one is located in Clay County and the other is located in Talladega County.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Coleta.
Adding Coleta to Our Gazetteer ...
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Coleta was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
From that list, the Coleta post office opened in 1848.
We also found Coleta in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Coleta.
Off-the-Road Links ...
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The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Clay, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | Area code (938) is an overlay for area code (256). |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |