| Yahoo Maps for Collinsville / Vicinity | ||||||
| U.S. Highway 169: On east edge of Collinsville (146th Street North Exit) |
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| U.S. Highway 75: ~5 miles west of Collinsville (146th Street North Exit) |
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| State Highway 20: Through middle of Collinsville | ||||||
Small Local Airports: Sand
Ridge & Airman's
Acres
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| Nearest Large Airport: Tulsa International | ||||||
| Nearest Inland Navigation Water Port: Port of Catoosa | ||||||
| Nearby Rivers: Caney River, Verdigris, Bird Creek | ||||||
| Nearby Lakes: Oologah and Skiatook | ||||||
| Collinsville City Government | ||||||
| State Representative (Dist 11): Earl
Sears District 11 Map |
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| State Senator (Dist 34): Rick Brinkley | ||||||
| Tulsa County Info (Precinct Locator for example) | ||||||
| INCOG Map Info | ||||||
| U.S. Representative (Dist 1): Jim
Bridenstein (had been John
Sullivan) District 1 Map |
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| Cherokee Tribal Council (District
8): Cara Cowan Watts & Lee Keener (Had been Buel Anglen & Dr. Bradley Cobb) |
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| U. S. Senator James Inhofe | ||||||
| U. S. Senator Tom Coburn | ||||||
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| Collinsville Library History | ||||||
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Cemeteries: Ridgelawn & Victory |
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Stats
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2010
Population = 5,606 |
| In Tulsa County
Since 1918 (Rogers Co. 1907-1918) |
| State: Oklahoma |
| Country: USA |
| In Indian Territory (Before Nov. 1907 Oklahoma Statehood) |
| Inside Cherokee Nation Now |
| Elevation: ~675 feet (at SandRidge Airport) |
| Town Founded in ~1897 (In Indian Territory) ... although many Indian and White settlers lived in the vicinity for many years before then |
| City Incorporated in 1899 |
| First issue of "The Collinsville News" published May 11, 1899 by W. L. Wright |
| Original townsite was 1 to 1&1/2 miles east of current townsite (moved ~1900 to current location adjacent to railroad tracks) |
Collinsville Smelter
Collinsville Hospital
Collinsville has seen several cycles of prosperity and lean times since that move. With cattle, coal and farming being dominant in the beginning, the community exploded after 1911 when two huge zinc smelters arrived. Those smelters brought thousands of workers and associated business to town. The population reached a peak of at least 8,000 at one point before the smelter business wained in the early 1920s. During those busy times, many of the brick buildings were built that still give Collinsville its unique downtown character today. Collinsville's own brick plant provided the bricks for those buildings as well as paving of many of the town's streets.
Without the large smelter business, the city relied on oil, gas, farming, and local merchants to carry it forward to today. Five years of volunteer labor built Collinsville's public swimminmg pool in the 1950s. Donations from Collinsville residents and surrounding communities brought a regional hospital to Collinsville in the 1960s. That hospital was built before the modern Highways (169 & 75) made travel to Tulsa Hospitals a convenient trip. Collinsville lost that hospital in 1986 as health care economics changed.
Today Collinsville has one of Oklahoma's fastest growing school districts with new residents expanding the population beyond the 4000 mark daily. The downtown district is being restored and revitilaized and the future looks bright for present Collinsville residents and new comers looking for a friendly place to live.
by Ted W. Wright -- July 2004
(Newspaper Museum In Collinsville and www.cvilleok.com)
