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Welcome to Colita ...

Colita is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

Colita is located in Polk County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Colita, you might consider that their post office opened in 1853.

Colita is 280 feet [85 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Colita lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Colita: 936

Communities near Colita ...

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

  • Livingston
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Onalaska
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Corrigan
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Groveton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Point Blank
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Goodrich
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Seven Oaks
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Seven Oaks is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
  • Leggett
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • New Willard
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • New Willard is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Willard
  • Sumpter ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Sumpter is located in Trinity County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Colita ...

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

Adding Colita to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Colita in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Colita was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Colita post office opened in 1853. The Colita post office closed in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Colita.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Polk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Colita - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/