Colfax
Colfax is a city in Jasper County, Iowa, United States. Colfax is located approximately 24 miles east of Des Moines. The town was founded in 1866, and was named after Schuyler Colfax, vice president under Ulysses S.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 2,260 residents
- Description: city in Jasper County, Iowa, USA
- Also known as: “Colfax, IA” and “Colfax, Iowa”
- Postal code: 50054
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Prairie City and Valeria.
Prairie City
Village
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Prairie City is a city in Jasper County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,700 at the time of the 2020 census. It is twenty-two miles east of Des Moines. Prairie City is situated 5 miles south of Colfax.
Valeria
Village
Valeria is a city in Jasper County, Iowa, United States. The population was 39 at the time of the 2020 census. Valeria is situated 5 miles northwest of Colfax.
Mitchellville
Town
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Mitchellville is a city located in Polk and Jasper counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 2,485 at the time of the 2020 census. Mitchellville is part of the Des Moines–West Des Moines Metropolitan Statistical Area. Mitchellville is situated 6 miles west of Colfax.
Colfax
- Categories: city in the United States and locality
- Location: Washington Township, Jasper, Iowa, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.67772° or 41° 40′ 40″ northLongitude
-93.24523° or 93° 14′ 43″ westPopulation
2,260Elevation
801 feet (244 metres)Open location code
86H8MQH3+3WOpenStreetMap ID
node 151902202OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
4852212Wikidata ID
Q1934234
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Colfax” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كولفاكس (آيوا)”
- Arabic: “كولفاكس”
- Basque: “Colfax”
- Catalan: “Colfax”
- Cebuano: “Colfax”
- Chechen: “Колфакс”
- Chinese: “Colfax”
- Chinese: “科爾法克斯”
- Danish: “Colfax”
- Dutch: “Colfax”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كولفاكس”
- French: “Colfax”
- German: “Colfax”
- Gilaki: “کالفکس”
- Haitian: “Colfax, Iowa”
- Haitian: “Colfax”
- Ido: “Colfax, Iowa”
- Ido: “Colfax”
- Irish: “Colfax”
- Italian: “Colfax”
- Kazakh: “Kolfaks”
- Kazakh: “Колфакс”
- Kazakh: “كولفاكس”
- Kirghiz: “Колфакс”
- Ladin: “Colfax”
- Malagasy: “Colfax, Iowa”
- Malagasy: “Colfax”
- Mazanderani: “کولفکس”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Colfax”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Colfax”
- Norwegian: “Colfax”
- Persian: “کولفکس، آیووا”
- Persian: “کولفکس”
- Polish: “Colfax”
- Portuguese: “Colfax”
- Russian: “Колфакс”
- Serbian: “Colfax”
- Serbian: “Колфакс”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Colfax, Iowa”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Colfax”
- South Azerbaijani: “کولفکس، آیووا”
- Spanish: “Colfax (Iowa)”
- Spanish: “Colfax”
- Tatar: “Колфакс (Айова)”
- Tatar: “Колфакс”
- Ukrainian: “Колфакс”
- Urdu: “کولفیکس، آئیووا”
- Urdu: “کولفیکس”
- Uzbek: “Colfax”
- Uzbek: “Cолфах”
- Vietnamese: “Colfax, Iowa”
- Vietnamese: “Colfax”
- Volapük: “Colfax”
- Welsh: “Colfax, Iowa”
- Welsh: “Colfax”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Colfax City Hall and Colfax Presbyterian Church.
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