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Introduction ...

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

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

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Collins (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Collins. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Although our information shows that the community of Collins is historic, it would have been located within present day Albany County.

To see how the shape of Wyoming's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Albany County: Jackson (CO), Larimer (CO), Carbon, Converse, Laramie & Platte.

Below are the counties that are near Collins. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Collins:

  • Albany County     (The home county of Collins)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Collins, with the one closest to Collins listed first.
    • Foxpark
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foxpark have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxpark
      • Foxpark is located in Albany County
    • Albany
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
      • Albany is located in Albany County
    • Keystone
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keystone have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
      • Keystone is located in Albany County
      • Keystone has also been known as:
      • Douglas Creek
    • Woods Landing
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woods Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Landing
      • Woods Landing is located in Albany County
    • Jelm
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jelm have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jelm
      • Jelm is located in Albany County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jelm <3>
    • Centennial
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Harmony
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harmony have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
      • Harmony is located in Albany County
    • Red Buttes ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Buttes have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Buttes
      • Red Buttes is located in Albany County
  • Jackson County (CO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Collins, with the one closest to Collins listed first.
    • Kings Canyon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Canyon
      • Kings Canyon is located in Jackson County (CO)
    • Northgate
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Northgate have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northgate
      • Northgate is located in Jackson County (CO)
    • Cowdrey
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Pearl ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
      • Pearl is located in Jackson County (CO)
    • Brownlee ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee
      • Brownlee is located in Jackson County (CO)
    • Walden
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
      • Walden is located in Jackson County (CO)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 609 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walden <3>
    • Higho
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Higho. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higho
      • Higho is located in Jackson County (CO)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Collins, see our County-by-County Page for Collins.

Newspapers Published in Collins ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 6 newspapers that have been published in the area around Collins.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Collins, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Collins.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Collins:

Cemeteries Near Collins ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Collins.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Collins covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Collins, with the one closest to Collins listed first.

  • Robert Wiliamson Grave
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Robert Wiliamson Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Robert Wiliamson Grave
  • Tathem Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tathem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tathem Cemetery
  • Forrester Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Roy Sweetland Grave
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Roy Sweetland Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roy Sweetland Grave
  • Glendevey Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Platt Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Platt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Platt Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84100 <6>
  • Jackson County Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Wangnild Family Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wangnild Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wangnild Family Cemetery
  • Walden Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Worster Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Harmony Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Cabin Creek Grave
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cabin Creek Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cabin Creek Grave

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.

While we didn't find Collins in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Collins.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Collins, with the one closest to Collins listed first.

  • Keystone
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keystone have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
    • Keystone is located in Albany County
    • Keystone has also been known as:
    • Douglas Creek
  • Centennial
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Hatton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hatton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
    • Hatton is located in Albany County
  • Walden
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
    • Walden is located in Jackson County (CO)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 609 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walden <3>
  • Red Buttes ‑ Historic
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Buttes have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Buttes
    • Red Buttes is located in Albany County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Collins. See our List of 1890's Communities around Collins.

The official website for Albany County: www.co.albany.wy.us/

The official website for State of Wyoming: www.wyo.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Collins, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Collins) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Collins. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1100, Longitude: -106.1631       In this case, the coordinates for Collins have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.




 

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