Collins, Wisconsin

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Collins
Location within the state of Wisconsin
Coordinates: 44°05′08″N87°58′58″W / 44.08556°N 87.98278°W / 44.08556; -87.98278
Country United States
State Wisconsin
County Manitowoc
Area
[1]
  Total
0.496 sq mi (1.28 km2)
  Land0.496 sq mi (1.28 km2)
  Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
814 ft (248 m)
Population
 (2020) [2]
  Total
203
  Density410/sq mi (160/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
54207
Area code 920
GNIS feature ID1563267 [3]

Collins is an unincorporated census-designated place in the town of Rockland, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, United States, in the east central part of the state. Its zip code is 54207, although its post office is being studied for closure. [4] As of the 2020 census, its population was 203, down from 164 at the 2010 census. [5]

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The Collins Marsh Wildlife Area is located east of the community. [6]

Wisconsin Highway 32 ran through the community; the route later became Wisconsin Highway 67 before it became County Highway W. County Highway JJ and the Wisconsin Central Ltd. railroad runs east–west through the community.

Collins has an area of 0.496 square miles (1.28 km2), all of it land.

The community was named for Sumner J. Collins, who was the general superintendent of the Wisconsin Central Railroad in the 1890s. [7]

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References

  1. "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau.
  2. "Census Bureau profile: Collins CDP, Wisconsin". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved April 1, 2025.
  3. "Collins". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  4. "Expanded Access study list: Wisconsin". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original on November 26, 2011. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
  5. "U.S. Census website". U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved March 29, 2011.
  6. Collins Marsh Wildlife Area
  7. Callary, Edward (2016). Place Names of Wisconsin. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 62. ISBN   978-0-299-30964-0.
  8. 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1917,' Biographical Sketch of Martin Rappel, pg. 535