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Welcome to Colley ...

Colley is located in Sullivan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Colley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1866.

Colley is 1,500 feet [457 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Colley: 570 & 272<3>

Communities Also Named Colley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Colley - they are located in Georgia, Louisiana and Virginia.

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

Communities near Colley ...

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

  • Harveys Lake
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Towanda
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Tunkhannock
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Wyalusing
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Dushore
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Meshoppen
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Monroe
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Monroe is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
  • Laceyville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • New Albany
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Laporte
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Colley ...

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

Adding Colley to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Colley post office opened in 1866. The Colley post office closed in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Colley.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Sullivan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Colley - 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 570 code has been Overlayed with the 272 area code. New phone numbers in the Colley area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the Colley 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/