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

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 List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Coleta.

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>	When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 256 code has been Overlayed with the 938 area code. New phone numbers in the Coleta area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Coleta area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/