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Welcome to Collinsville ...

The town of Collinsville is primarily located in DeKalb County<1>. A portion of Collinsville extends into Cherokee County.



Google driving directions from your current location to Collinsville (Patience, this may take a moment).


While we don't have a date for the founding of Collinsville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1860.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Collinsville has a population of 1,939 people<2> (see below for details).

Collinsville is 770 feet [235 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Collinsville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Collinsville (for example, toward Robealou Acres (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Collinsville: 256 & 938<4>

The ZIP code for Collinsville: 35961<5>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Collinsville had an population of 1,939 people. This is a decrease of 2.22% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 17.94% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Collinsville had a population of 1,983 people. This makes Collinsville the county's 4th most populous community.

The population of Collinsville represents 0.04% of the population of Alabama (which has 4,779,736 people), making it the state's 182nd most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 1,983 people, the population of Collinsville increased 20.62% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 1,644 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Collinsville.

Communities Also Named Collinsville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Collinsville - they are located in California, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Collinsville.

Communities near Collinsville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Collinsville.

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 Collinsville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Collinsville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Collinsville. 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 Collinsville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Collinsville. Our list includes 6 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Collinsville.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Collinsville ...

Looking for more information about Collinsville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Collinsville, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Collinsville.

Adding Collinsville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Collinsville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Collinsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

From that list, the Collinsville post office opened in 1860.

We also found Collinsville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Collinsville.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Collinsville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for DeKalb County: www.dekalbcountyal.us/

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 DeKalb, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Collinsville.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Collinsville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Collinsville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Collinsville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a town (such as Collinsville). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Collinsville or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<8>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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