Collettsville, North Carolina

Collettsville (pronounced coh-lets-ville) is a small unincorporated community in Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States. It is part of the Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Collettsville, North Carolina
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
Counties	Caldwell
Area code(s)	828

Housing

Although there are many houses made with a Gothic design, there are also many houses that look like cabins, built out of plain wood. Some houses are estimated to have been built as early as 1900 and are now occupied by locals. The median home cost in Collettsville is $109,100. Home appreciation since the last year has been about 7.10 percent.[1]

References

1. "Collettsville". Sperling's BestPlaces.

Railroad Service When the Chester & Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad arrivedin Lenoir, North Carolina in 1884, it sparked "railroadfever" in the area. A number of companies offered stockand subscription for railroad construction, but none were built.

However, in 1891, a charter was issued to the Caldwell Land& Lumber Company for construction of a railroad. In 1893,a line was constructed from Lenoir to Collettsville, and wasnamed the Caldwell & Northern Railroad. At completion, theline owned two locomotives, one passenger car, and twenty-one(21) flatcars. It was little more than a logging line that supportedthe numerous furniture factories in and around Lenoir.

The Caldwell & Northern Railroad gradually expanded itsoperations southwesterly and made money for its owners. By 1903,it had extended the line up Wilson Creek when it ran out of funds.The Carolina & Northwestern Railway gained control of theline in 1905, but operated it as a separate entity. The trackswere extended up Wilson Creek to Mortimer, and by 1906 it madeit to Edgemont.

In 1910, the line was merged into the Carolina & NorthwesternRailway to provide better service to its customers.