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Welcome to Colestin ...

Colestin is located in Jackson County<1>.

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

Colestin is 3,720 feet [1,134 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Colestin is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Colestin lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Colestin: 541 & 458<3>

Websites for Colestin ...

Junior League:   www.jlojc.com/

Communities near Colestin ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Colestin ...

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

Adding Colestin to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Colestin 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 Colestin was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Colestin post office opened in 1892. The Colestin post office closed in 1943.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Colestin.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Jackson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Colestin - 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 541 code has been Overlayed with the 458 area code. New phone numbers in the Colestin area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Colestin area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/