Colfax

Colfax is a city in , United States. Colfax is located approximately 24 miles east of . The town was founded in 1866, and was named after Schuyler Colfax, vice president under Ulysses S.
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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.

Village
is a city in , , United States. The population was 1,700 at the time of the 2020 census. It is twenty-two miles east of . is situated 5 miles south of Colfax.

Village
is a city in , United States. The population was 39 at the time of the 2020 census. is situated 5 miles northwest of Colfax.

Town
is a city located in and in the U.S. state of . The population was 2,485 at the time of the 2020 census. is part of the Metropolitan Statistical Area. is situated 6 miles west of Colfax.

Colfax

Latitude
41.67772° or 41° 40′ 40″ north
Longitude
-93.24523° or 93° 14′ 43″ west
Population
2,260
Elevation
801 feet (244 metres)
Open location code
86H8MQH3+3W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151902202
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4852212
Wiki­data 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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