Do you know of Colly ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Colly. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Colly.<1>

Our sources for Colly (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Colly other than they indicate that Colly would be found somewhere in Letcher County, Kentucky.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1886 and closed  in 1932.

Communities Also Named Colly ...

We found one communities that share the name Colly.

Within Kentucky, the name Colly is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, there is another community also named Colly in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • North Carolina
    • Bladen County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Colly [Bladen County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Colly ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Colly:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Colly - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Kentucky (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Colly.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 21/16642   (Place Name: Colly)

County: Letcher     (FIPS State/County: 21/133)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Colly) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Letcher County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Letcher County.