Wisconsin Highway 32 ran through the community; the route later became Wisconsin Highway 67 before it became County Highway W. County Highway JJ and the Wisconsin Central Ltd. railroad runs east–west through the community. Collins has an area of , all of it land. The community was named for Sumner J. Collins, who was the general superintendent of the Wisconsin Central Railroad in the 1890s.
Wisconsin Highway 32 passed through the community; it later became Wisconsin Highway 67 before becoming County Highway W. Both County Highway JJ and the Wisconsin Central Ltd. railroad ran east–west through the community. Collins has an area of , all land. The community was named after Sumner J. Collins, who served as a key figure in the Wisconsin Central Railroad during the 1890s.