RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of North Carolina >> Lee County >> ColonIndex...

Welcome to Colon ...

Colon is located in Lee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Colon, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1892.

Colon is 310 feet [94 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Colon: 919 & 984<3>

Communities Also Named Colon ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Colon - they are located in Georgia, Michigan, Nebraska and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Colon ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Colon ...

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

Adding Colon to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Colon post office opened in 1892.

We also found Colon on a map titled Rand McNally Map of North Carolina (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Colon.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Lee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Colon - 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 919 code has been Overlayed with the 984 area code. New phone numbers in the Colon area will be assigned with one of these codes: 919 or 984. As a result, placing a call in the Colon area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>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.
<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 their list with background information can be found at:

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