| Official Name: | Collins, Ohio |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ohio |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Huron |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Townsend Township |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 11.97 |
| Area Land Km2: | 11.96 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.01 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 4.62 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 4.62 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 628 |
| Population Density Km2: | 52.51 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 135.99 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 892 |
| Coordinates: | 41.2472°N -82.5°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 44826 |
| Area Code: | 419 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 39-16784[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2628876 |
Collins is a census-designated place (CDP) in central Townsend Township, Huron County, Ohio, 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 post office, with the ZIP code of 44826.
Some say the community was named after a railroad official named Collins, while others believe the place is named after Collinsville, Connecticut.[3] Alternatively, some say Collins was named after Thomas Collins of Valdosta, Georgia who settled in the area after the American Civil War.
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 5miles to Wakeman and west 6miles to Norwalk, the Huron county seat.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Collins CDP has an area of 12sqkm, of which 0.01sqkm, or 0.11%, are water.[2]