Welcome to Collins ...So far, we found very little information about Collins. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Collins to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Collins, please Contact Us. Collins would have been located within present day Calhoun County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Collins, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1911. While the community is gone, the present day location for Collins is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Collins was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Collins (for example, toward Etna (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). The Area Codes where Collins was located: 256 & 938<4> Communities Also Named Collins ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Alabama communities named Collins: This one is located in Calhoun County and the other is located in Jefferson County. Beyond Alabama, there are 41 communities that are also named Collins - they are located in Arkansas, California (3), Florida, Georgia (2), Idaho, Illinois (4), Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee (2), Texas (2), Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming (3). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Collins. Communities near Collins ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Collins.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Collins. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Collins. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Collins. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Collins. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Collins. See our Newspapers Page for Collins. Adding Collins to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Collins in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Collins was on a map titled Map of Alabama (from Rand McNally, 1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Collins. Footnotes ...
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