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Welcome to Collison ...

Collison is located in Vermilion County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Collison, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Collison is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Collison (for example, toward State Line City (IN)), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Collison: 217 & 447<3>

The ZIP code for Collison: 61831<4>

Communities Also Named Collison ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Collison - it's located in Michigan.

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

Communities near Collison ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Collison ...

Looking for more information about Collison? 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 Collison, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Collison.

Adding Collison to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Collison 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 Collison was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Collison post office opened in 1894.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Collison.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Vermilion, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Collison - 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 217 code has been Overlayed with the 447 area code. New phone numbers in the Collison area will be assigned with one of these codes: 217 or 447. As a result, placing a call in the Collison area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>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 community (such as Collison). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Collison or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/