Welcome to Colina ...

So far, we found very little information about Colina. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Colina to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Colina, please Contact Us.

Colina would have been located within present day Dinwiddie County<2>.

The location of Colina has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

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

While the community is gone, the present day location for Colina is 160 feet [49 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Colina was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Colina once stood is in the (804) area code.

Communities Also Named Colina ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Colina - it's located in Alabama.

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

Communities near Colina ...

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

• Petersburg
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
  • Petersburg is located in Petersburg City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,446 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Petersburg <5>
• Hopewell
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
  • Hopewell is located in Hopewell City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,375 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hopewell <5>
• Colonial Heights
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colonial Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Heights
  • Colonial Heights is located in Colonial Heights City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,205 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colonial Heights <5>
• Jarratt
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarratt
  • Jarratt is located in Greensville County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jarratt <5>
• McKenney
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKenney
  • McKenney is located in Dinwiddie County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McKenney <5>
• Stony Creek
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stony Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
  • Stony Creek is located in Sussex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stony Creek <5>
• Addison
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
  • Addison is located in Dinwiddie County
• Maitland Village
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maitland Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland Village
  • Maitland Village is located in Dinwiddie County
• Grant Village
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grant Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Village
  • Grant Village is located in Dinwiddie County
• Matoaca
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaca
  • Matoaca is located in Chesterfield County

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

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

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

Adding Colina to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Colina 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 for Colina was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Colina post office opened in 1892.

We also found Colina on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Colina.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Dinwiddie County: www.dinwiddieva.us/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/