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Welcome to College Heights ...

College Heights is located in Drew County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of College Heights, you might consider that their post office opened in 1949.

A typical abbreviation for College Heights: College Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

College Heights is 280 feet [85 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for College Heights: 870 & 327<3>

Communities Also Named College Heights ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 21 communities that are also named College Heights - they are located in Alabama, Alberta, British Columbia, California (4), Colorado, Florida, Georgia (2), Illinois, Kentucky (2), Maryland, Pennsylvania, South Carolina (2), Tennessee (2) and Utah.

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

Communities near College Heights ...

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

  • Warren
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Wilmar
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Wilmar is located in Drew County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmar
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
  • Fountain Hill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Fountain Hill is located in Ashley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Hill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 157 people
  • Rose Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Rose Hill is located in Drew County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
  • Barkada
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Barkada is located in Drew County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barkada
  • Lacey
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Lacey is located in Drew County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey
  • Collins
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Collins is located in Drew County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
  • Rye
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Rye is located in Cleveland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
  • Selma
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Selma is located in Drew County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
  • Annover ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Annover is located in Cleveland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annover

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

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

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around College Heights. See our Newspapers Page for College Heights.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for College Heights ...

Looking for more information about College Heights? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to College Heights, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for College Heights.

Adding College Heights to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of College Heights 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 (so far) for College Heights was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the College Heights post office opened in 1949. The College Heights post office closed in 1967.

For more details, see References and Mentions for College Heights.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Drew, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around College Heights - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the College Heights area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the College Heights area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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