Collins is a

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(CDP) in central Townsend Township, Huron County,

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, United States. As of the 2020 census the population of the CDP was 628. The CDP includes the unincorporated communities of Collins and East Townsend. Collins has a

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, with the ZIP code of 44826.

History

Some say the community was named after a railroad official named Collins, while others believe the place is named after

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. Alternatively, some say Collins was named after Thomas Collins of

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who settled in the area after the

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Geography

Collins is in central Townsend Township in northeastern Huron County. The hamlet of Collins is in the northern part of the CDP on Hartland Center Road, north of U.S. Route 20, while the hamlet of East Townsend is at the geographic center of the CDP, at the junction of Hartland Center Road and US 20. Route 20 leads east to Wakeman and west to Norwalk, the Huron

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. According to the

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, the Collins CDP has an area of , of which , or 0.11%, are water.

Demographics

References

Census-designated places in Huron County, Ohio Census-designated places in Ohio {{HuronCountyOH-geo-stub