Welcome to Colony ...Colony is located in Amherst County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Colony, you might consider that their post office opened in 1920. Colony is 750 feet [229 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Colony lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Colony: 434 Communities Also Named Colony ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Virginia communities named Colony: This one is located in Amherst County and the other is located in James City County. Beyond Virginia, there are 22 communities that are also named Colony - they are located in Alabama (4), Georgia, Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Maryland (2), Missouri, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas (4), Utah and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Colony. Communities near Colony ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Colony.
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 Colony. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Colony. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Colony. 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 Colony. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Colony. See our Newspapers Page for Colony. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Colony ...Looking for more information about Colony? 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 Colony, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Colony. Adding Colony to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Colony 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 Colony was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Colony. Footnotes ...
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