Collinston, LA

Collinston is a village in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, United States. The 2020 census counted 274 residents. Very little is known about the Collinston's early history, but it is believed that it was a spanish territory in the 1700s. Originally, Collinston was within Ouachita Parish until the formation of Morehouse Parish in 1844. The short version is that Collinston carries an earlier story into the places people know and use now. That is the local read on Collinston: its past remains attached to the places people use now. Collinston is located in southern Morehouse Parish 7 miles southeast of Bastrop, the parish seat, and 23 miles northeast of Monroe.