community in N Stokes County N of Dan River. Name likely derived from that of early settlers Roger Collins and his kin. Also known as Stateline.

community in S Polk County on Hughes Creek. Settled about 1875. Named for Thomas G. Collins, local planter.

former community in W Swain County on Little Tennessee River; the site is now under the waters of Fontana Lake.

community in NE Bladen County.

rises in Big Colly Bay in NE Bladen County and flows SE into Pender County, where it enters Black River.

an arm of Big Colly Bay in NE Bladen County.

E central Bladen County.

central Haywood County on the head of Big Branch.

community in N Lee County. Coal from Egypt mine formerly delivered to the Seaboard Railroad there; later the center of a large gas-fired brick industry. Post office est. in 1891 as Buckner; changed to Colon in 1892.

See General Assembly.