Welcome to Colquitt ...Colquitt is located Colquitt is located in Kaufman County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Colquitt, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894. Colquitt is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Colquitt lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Colquitt - they are located in Georgia (2) and Louisiana. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Colquitt. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Colquitt. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Colquitt. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Colquitt. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Colquitt. 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 Colquitt. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Colquitt. See our Newspapers Page for Colquitt. Looking for more information about Colquitt? 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 Colquitt, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Colquitt. We originally found mention of Colquitt 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 Colquitt was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Colquitt.
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