2024 Map of Collins

About this map

Collins serves as the focal point of this Mississippi landscape, anchored by the Covington County Courthouse and Covington County Chancery Building. The settlement patterns here follow the winding course of Okatoma Creek and its many tributaries, including Town Creek and Shelby Creek. These waterways, interspersed with the marshy grounds of Ora Swamp, historically dictated the placement of early homesteads and transport routes. Evidence of long-standing community hubs is visible in the numerous burial sites and gathering places that dot the terrain, from the Salem School and Salem Cem in the east to the clusters at Ora and Salem. Rural life is further mapped through family-named thoroughfares like Jones Chapel Rd and George Speed Rd, which connect outlying farms to the central rail and road corridors passing through the county seat.