Colony, Alabama

About Colony

Colony, AL is a tiny community located in northern Alabama counting 276 people who proudly call it home.

Colony holds the status of an incorporated town — local government on a neighborly scale. The community covers 2.16 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 128 residents per square mile.

📰 Colony News Today

• Sounds & Scene: Goose Pond Colony Fourth of July Celebration Jackson County Sentinel · Aug 4
• Goose Pond to host 4th of July Celebration The Clarion Newspaper · Jul 1
• Alabama students learn beekeeping techniques to combat colony collapse WTVY · Mar 30
• Colony Bankcorp, Inc. and First Reliance Bancshares, Inc. Sign Definitive Merger Agreement to Create Transformational Southeast Banking Partnership Business Wire · Jun 24
• Colony council talks website, thanks clean-up volunteers The Cullman Tribune · Mar 12

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Colony Unique

• Positioned in northern Alabama, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Alabama — one of 594 recognized communities statewide.

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 10 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Colony

• Stoney Lonesome OHV Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Colony

• Cold Springs Elementary School
• Cold Springs High School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Colony

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