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Collins is a city in Covington County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 2,586 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Covington County.

Collins was originally incorporated as Williamsburg Depot in 1899. The Gulf and Ship Island Railroad had completed construction, and bypassed Williamsburg, the county seat at that time. The sawmills moved to the further town of Williamsburg Depot in order to be closer to the railroad. As lumber was an important industry during the time, the town moved taking into consideration them. Not long after, Williamsburg Depot grew to a town of 6,000 – 7,000 people.

Eventually, the difficulties of having such a long town name, Williamsburg Depot, became clear. The length caused many people to write it beyond their stamps, voiding the postage. In order to exact this issue, the postmaster asked to have the town name misrepresented in 1905, and the postal facilitate came occurring with a quick and easy name “Bad”. For reasons that may be clear, the residents rejected this name, and eventually came up with Collins, in praise of Fred W. Collins, leader of the state’s Republican party and U. S. Marshal for the Southern District of Mississippi. The town’s publish was officially changed on November 24, 1906.