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.- Type: Town with 2,260 residents
- Description: city in Jasper County, Iowa, USA
- Also known as: “Colfax (Iowa)”, “Colfax, IA”, “Colfax, Iowa”, “Cолфах”, and “كولفاكس (آيوا)”
- Postal code: 50054
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Prairie City and Valeria.
Prairie City
Village
Prairie City is a city in Jasper County, Iowa, United States. Prairie City is situated 5 miles south of Colfax.
Valeria
Village
Valeria is a city in Jasper County, Iowa, United States. Valeria is situated 5 miles northwest of Colfax.
Mitchellville
Town
Mitchellville is a city located in Polk and Jasper counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. 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″ north
Longitude
-93.24523° or 93° 14′ 43″ west
Population
2,260
Elevation
801 feet (244 metres)
Open location code
86H8MQH3+3W
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Colfax” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كولفاكس”
- Basque: “Colfax”
- Catalan: “Colfax”
- Cebuano: “Colfax”
- Chechen: “Колфакс”
- 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”
- Tatar: “Колфакс (Айова)”
- Tatar: “Колфакс”
- Ukrainian: “Колфакс”
- Urdu: “کولفیکس، آئیووا”
- Urdu: “کولفیکس”
- Uzbek: “Colfax”
- Vietnamese: “Colfax, Iowa”
- Vietnamese: “Colfax”
- Volapük: “Colfax”
- Welsh: “Colfax, Iowa”
- Welsh: “Colfax”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Oswalt and Goddard.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Colfax City Hall and Colfax Presbyterian Church.
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