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Welcome to Collosse ...

Collosse is located in Isle of Wight County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Collosse, you might consider that their post office opened in 1915.

Collosse is 50 feet [15 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Collosse: 757 & 948<3>

Communities near Collosse ...

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

  • Suffolk
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Smithfield
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Franklin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Windsor
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Windsor is located in Isle of Wight County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,800 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Windsor <4>
  • Courtland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Wakefield
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Ivor
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Ivor is located in Southampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivor
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ivor <4>
  • Newsoms
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Newsoms is located in Southampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newsoms
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
  • Burdette
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Burdette is located in Southampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdette
  • Black Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Black Creek is located in Southampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Collosse ...

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

Adding Collosse to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Collosse post office opened in 1915. The Collosse post office closed in 1933.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Collosse.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Isle of Wight, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Collosse - 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 757 code has been Overlayed with the 948 area code. New phone numbers in the Collosse area will be assigned with one of these codes: 757 or 948. As a result, placing a call in the Collosse 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/