Colfax
Colfax is a city in Placer County, California, at the crossroads of Interstate 80 and State Route 174. The population was 1,995 at the 2020 census. The town is named in honor of U.S.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,710 residents
- Description: city in Placer County, California
- Also known as: “Colfax, CA” and “Colfax, California”
- Postal code: 95713
Places of Interest
Highlights include Colfax station and Colfax High School.
Colfax station
Railway station
Colfax station is an Amtrak train station in Colfax, California. Served by the California Zephyr, it is unstaffed. The station was built in 1905 by the Southern Pacific Railroad and was restored in the early 21st century; in addition to a waiting room, the building also houses the Colfax Heritage Museum.
Colfax High School
School
Colfax High School is a four-year public high school in Colfax, California in the United States. It is in the Placer Union High School District in Placer County.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shady Glen and Weimar.
Shady Glen
Hamlet
Shady Glen is an unincorporated community in Placer County, California. Shady Glen is located 1.25 miles north of Colfax. It lies at an elevation of 2451 feet.
Weimar
Hamlet
Weimar is an unincorporated community in Placer County, California, located in the Sacramento area. Weimar is located 4.5 miles south-southwest of Colfax. As of 2020, its population is 339. Weimar is situated 4½ miles south of Colfax.
Iowa Hill
Hamlet
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Iowa Hill is an unincorporated community in Placer County, California, United States. The town is located 6.5 miles northwest of Foresthill 9 miles east of Colfax and 58 miles northeast of Sacramento. Iowa Hill is situated 5 miles east of Colfax.
Colfax
- Categories: city in the United States and locality
- Location: Placer County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.10079° or 39° 6′ 3″ northLongitude
-120.9533° or 120° 57′ 12″ westPopulation
1,710Elevation
2,425 feet (739 metres)United Nations Location Code
US OLXOpen location code
84FX422W+8MOpenStreetMap ID
node 141040150OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Colfax” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كولفاكس”
- Basque: “Colfax”
- Bulgarian: “Колфакс”
- Catalan: “Colfax”
- Cebuano: “Colfax”
- Chechen: “Колфакс”
- Chinese: “Colfax”
- Chinese: “科尔法克斯”
- Chinese: “科爾法克斯”
- Croatian: “Colfax”
- Danish: “Colfax”
- Dutch: “Colfax”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كولفاكس”
- French: “Colfax”
- German: “Colfax”
- Gilaki: “کالفکس”
- Haitian: “Colfax, Kalifòni”
- Haitian: “Colfax”
- Hungarian: “Colfax”
- Irish: “Colfax”
- Italian: “Alden Grove”
- Italian: “Alder Grove”
- Italian: “Colfax”
- Italian: “Illinoistown”
- Italian: “Upper Corral”
- Japanese: “コルファックス”
- Korean: “콜팩스”
- Ladin: “Colfax”
- Malagasy: “Colfax, Kalifornia”
- Malagasy: “Colfax”
- Mazanderani: “کولفاکس (کالیفورنیا)”
- Mazanderani: “کولفاکس”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Colfax”
- Newari: “कोल्फ्याक्स (क्यालिफोर्निया)”
- Newari: “कोल्फ्याक्स, क्यालिफोर्निया”
- Newari: “कोल्फ्याक्स”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Colfax”
- Norwegian: “Colfax”
- Persian: “کولفاکس، کالیفرنیا”
- Persian: “کولفاکس”
- Polish: “Colfax”
- Portuguese: “Colfax”
- Serbian: “Колфакс”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Colfax, California”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Colfax”
- South Azerbaijani: “کولفاکس، کالیفورنیا”
- Spanish: “Colfax, California”
- Spanish: “Colfax”
- Swedish: “Colfax, Kalifornien”
- Swedish: “Colfax”
- Tagalog: “Colfax, California”
- Tagalog: “Colfax”
- Tatar: “Колфакс”
- Turkish: “Colfax”
- Ukrainian: “Колфакс”
- Urdu: “کولفیکس، کیلیفورنیا”
- Uzbek: “Colfax”
- Volapük: “Colfax”
- Waray (Philippines): “Colfax, California”
- Waray (Philippines): “Colfax”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Heritage Museum and Colfax Branch Auburn-Placer County Library.
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