Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of Collins was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1970. Below: maps from 1970 on and the census since 1910.
The Collins post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Collins’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Collins.
A post office called Collins has been in operation since 1890. The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Collins as a town in 1894, and as a city in 1905. The community was named after Perry Collins, an early settler.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Collins.
1970Collins sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Collins.
Between 327 and 712 people in every census since 1910.
12 censuses, 1910–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Collins’ Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Collins itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
The Collins post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From Wikimedia Commons (2), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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