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Welcome to Colfax ...So far, we found very little information about Colfax. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Colfax to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Colfax, please Contact Us. Colfax would have been located within present day Bulloch County<2>. The location of Colfax has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Colfax, you might consider that their post office opened in 1913. While the community is gone, the present day location for Colfax is 240 feet [73 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Colfax was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Colfax once stood is in the (912) area code. Communities Also Named Colfax ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Georgia communities named Colfax: This one is located in Bulloch County and the other is located in Marion County. Beyond Georgia, there are 32 communities that are also named Colfax - they are located in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (7), Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan (3), Minnesota, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania (2), Saskatchewan, Texas, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Colfax. Communities near Colfax ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Colfax.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Colfax. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Colfax. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Colfax. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Colfax. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Colfax. See our Newspapers Page for Colfax. Adding Colfax to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Colfax in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Colfax was on a map titled Map of Georgia (from Rand McNally, 1911). We also found Colfax in the book titled .<6> From that list, the Colfax post office opened in 1913. For more details, see References and Mentions for Colfax. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Bulloch County: www.bullochcounty.net/ The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/ Footnotes ...
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