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Communities Also Named Collins ...

We found 41 communities that share the name Collins.

Within Ontario, the name Collins is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another 41 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Calhoun County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Collins [Calhoun County].
      • Jefferson County
      • This Collins is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,169 miles [1,881.3 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Collins.
    • Arkansas
      • Drew County
      • This Collins is located in Drew County and lies 1,161 miles [1,868.4 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Drew County community of Collins.
    • California
      • Fresno County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Collins [Fresno County].
      • Napa County
      • This Collins is located in Napa County and lies 1,805 miles [2,904.9 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Napa County community of Collins.
      • San Bernardino County
      • This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Collins [San Bernardino County].
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Collins is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,580 miles [2,542.8 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Collins.
    • Georgia
      • Columbia County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Collins [Columbia County].
      • Tattnall County
      • This Collins is located in Tattnall County and lies 1,305 miles [2,100.2 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tattnall County community of Collins.
    • Idaho
      • Bingham County
      • This Collins is located in Bingham County and lies 1,183 miles [1,903.9 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bingham County community of Collins.
    • Illinois
      • Kankakee County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Collins [Kankakee County].
      • Randolph County
      • This Collins is located in Randolph County and lies 847 miles [1,363.1 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Collins.
      • Will County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Collins [Will County].
      • Winnebago County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Collins [Winnebago County].
    • Indiana
      • Whitley County
      • This Collins is located in Whitley County and lies 656 miles [1,055.7 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whitley County community of Collins.
    • Iowa
      • Story County
      • This Collins is located in Story County and lies 607 miles [976.9 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Story County community of Collins.
    • Kentucky
      • Pike County
      • This Collins is located in Pike County and lies 953 miles [1,533.7 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Collins.
    • Louisiana
      • Morehouse Parish
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Collins [Morehouse Parish].
    • Maine
      • Aroostook County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Collins [Aroostook County].
    • Massachusetts
      • Hampden County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Collins [Hampden County].
    • Michigan
      • Ionia County
      • This Collins is located in Ionia County and lies 550 miles [885.1 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ionia County community of Collins.
      • Oceana County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Collins [Oceana County].
    • Mississippi
      • Covington County
      • This Collins is located in Covington County and lies 1,286 miles [2,069.6 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Covington County community of Collins.
    • Missouri
      • Saint Clair County
      • This Collins is located in Saint Clair County and lies 880 miles [1,416.2 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Collins.
    • Montana
      • Teton County
      • This Collins is located in Teton County and lies 1,019 miles [1,639.9 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Teton County community of Collins.
    • Nebraska
      • Scotts Bluff County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Scotts Bluff County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scotts Bluff County community of Collins.
    • New York
      • Erie County
      • This Collins is located in Erie County and lies 733 miles [1,179.6 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Collins.
    • North Carolina
      • Burke County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Collins [Burke County].
    • Ohio
      • Huron County
      • This Collins is located in Huron County and lies 706 miles [1,136.2 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Huron County community of Collins.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lancaster County
      • This Collins is located in Lancaster County and lies 965 miles [1,553 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Collins.
    • South Carolina
      • Chester County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Collins [Chester County].
    • Tennessee
      • Grundy County
      • This Collins is located in Grundy County and lies 1,047 miles [1,685 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grundy County community of Collins.
      • Hawkins County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Collins [Hawkins County].
    • Texas
      • Jasper County
      • This Collins is located in Jasper County and lies 1,351 miles [2,174.2 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Collins.
      • Nueces County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Collins [Nueces County].
    • Virginia
      • Caroline County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Collins [Caroline County].
    • West Virginia
      • Raleigh County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Collins [Raleigh County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Manitowoc County
      • This Collins is located in Manitowoc County and lies 433 miles [696.8 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Manitowoc County community of Collins.
    • Wyoming
      • Albany County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Collins [Albany County].
      • Carbon County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Collins [Carbon County].
      • Laramie County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Collins [Laramie County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Collins ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Fee Spur
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fee Spur came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fee Spur
  • Jacobs
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jacobs came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs

How Far From Collins to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Collins to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Collins and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 718 miles [1,155.5 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Collins to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 41 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,834 miles [9,388.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,593 miles [10,610.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,518 miles [7,271 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Collins. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Collins, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Collins) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Collins. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 50.2833, Longitude: -89.4500    
<3>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Collins could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<6>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Collins to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.391 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.619 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.801 degrees.




 

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