About Collinsville
Set in the northern part of Connecticut, Collinsville is a small unincorporated community.
Collinsville holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 3.13 square miles.
📰 Collinsville News Today
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Collinsville Unique
- One of 7 places in the US named Collinsville — but the Connecticut one has a character all its own.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in northern Connecticut, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 6 miles.
📍 Neighborhoods in Collinsville
Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Collinsville
- Bollywood Dreams
- George’s Pizza & Restaurant — pizza
- Yue Se Chinese Yue Se Chinese — chinese
- Yume Hibachi Steak and Sushi — sushi
- ABC Pizza Restaurant — pizza
- Bruno's Cafe (café)
- Francesca's Wine Bar & Bistro
- Green Door Restaurant
- Grindstone Tavern
- Iron Horse Sports Pub — pizza
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Canton Historical Museum · Museum
- Unionville Museum · Museum
- 1780s dam site · Attraction
- Carousel · Attraction
- Kathy Ebersold plaque · Attraction
- Kettles · Attraction
- Swimming Pool · Attraction
- The Carrals · Attraction
- The Underground Gallery · Art gallery
- Trolley Offices Sign · Attraction
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Collinsville
- Millennium Field reviews ★
- Browns Corner Recreation Area reviews ★
- City of New Britain Watershed Lands · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Collinsville V.F.D. Memorial Field reviews ★
- Countryside Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
- DEEP protected area · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Dubiel - Kubik Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Foote Road Recreation Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Found Land Recreation Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Huckleberry Hill Recreation Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Lions Memorial Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Little League Field reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Collinsville
- Canton High School
- Canton Intermediate School
- Canton Middle School
- Farmington High School
- Har-Bur Middle School
- Lewis S. Mills High School
- Roaring Brook School
- Union School
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.