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Welcome to Collamer ...

Collamer is located in Whitley County<1>.

Collamer was established in 1846.

Collamer is 790 feet [241 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Collamer lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Collamer (for example, toward North Judson), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Collamer: 260

Communities Also Named Collamer ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Collamer - they are located in New York (2), Ohio and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Collamer ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Collamer ...

Looking for more information about Collamer? 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 Collamer, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Collamer.

Adding Collamer to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Collamer 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 Collamer was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Collamer post office opened in 1849. The Collamer post office closed in 1922.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Collamer.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Whitley, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Collamer - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/