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Welcome to Collins ...

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

Collins is located in Jasper County<1>.

Collins is 290 feet [88 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Collins: 409

Communities Also Named Collins ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Collins: This one is located in Jasper County and the other is located in Nueces County.

Beyond Texas, there are 41 communities that are also named Collins - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, California (3), Florida, Georgia (2), Idaho, Illinois (4), Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee (2), Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming (3).

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

Communities near Collins ...

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

  • Jasper
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Newton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Pineland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Browndell
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Browndell is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browndell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
  • Sam Rayburn
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Brookeland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Powell
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Powell is located in San Augustine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
  • Harveytown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Harveytown is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveytown
  • Beech Grove
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Beech Grove is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove
  • Parker Point
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Parker Point is located in Angelina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Point

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Collins ...

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

Adding Collins to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Collins 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 Collins was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Collins.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Jasper, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Collins - 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.