Do you know of Collins ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Collins. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Collins.
Our sources for Collins (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Collins other than they indicate that Collins would be found somewhere in Carbon County, Wyoming.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1884 and closed in 1902.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Collins ...
We found 41 communities that share the name Collins.
There are two communities within Wyoming that are also named Collins.
Beyond Wyoming, we know of another 39 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 39 communities, 40 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Wyoming ...
- Albany County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Collins [Albany County].
- Laramie County
- Albany County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Drew County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Collins [Drew County].
- California
- Fresno County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Collins [Fresno County].
- Napa County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Collins [Napa County].
- San Bernardino County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Collins [San Bernardino County].
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Collins [Hillsborough County].
- Georgia
- Columbia County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Collins [Columbia County].
- Tattnall County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Collins [Tattnall County].
- Idaho
- Bingham County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Collins [Bingham County].
- Illinois
- Kankakee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Collins [Kankakee County].
- Randolph County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Collins [Randolph County].
- Will County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Collins [Will County].
- Winnebago County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Collins [Winnebago County].
- Indiana
- Whitley County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Collins [Whitley County].
- Iowa
- Story County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Collins [Story County].
- Kentucky
- Pike County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Collins [Pike County].
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Ionia County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Collins [Ionia County].
- Oceana County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Collins [Oceana County].
- Mississippi
- Covington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Collins [Covington County].
- Missouri
- Saint Clair County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Collins [Saint Clair County].
- Montana
- Teton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Collins [Teton County].
- Nebraska
- Scotts Bluff County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Collins [Scotts Bluff County].
- New York
- Erie County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Collins [Erie County].
- North Carolina
- Burke County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Collins [Burke County].
- Ohio
- Huron County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Collins [Huron County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Collins.
- Pennsylvania
- Lancaster County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Collins [Lancaster County].
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Grundy County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Collins [Grundy County].
- Hawkins County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Collins [Hawkins County].
- Texas
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Manitowoc County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Collins [Manitowoc County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Collins ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Collins:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Collins - Services available: had a Post Office, Express Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Carbon County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Carbon County.
| Aurora | |
| Percy | |
| Bennett | Pyncheon |
| Cow Creek | Ramsey |
| Ridge | |
| Daley's Ranch | Riner |
| Rockdale | |
| Edison | |
| Seminoe | |
| Fort Halleck | Shirley Basin |
| French | Simpson |
| Solon | |
| Gold | Sulphur |
| Green | Swan |
| Grennville | |
| Weed | |
| Kortes Dam |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Collins could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |