Do you know of Colfax ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Colfax. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Colfax.

Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Colfax, so we are uncertain whether Colfax is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name. While we don't have its location, we believe that Colfax would be found somewhere in Osborne County, Kansas.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Colfax ...

We found 32 communities that share the name Colfax.

There are six communities within Kansas that are also named Colfax.

Beyond Kansas, we know of another 26 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 26 communities, 31 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Located In Kansas ...
- Chautauqua County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Colfax [Chautauqua County].
- Elk County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Colfax [Elk County].
- McPherson County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Colfax [McPherson County].
- Montgomery County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Colfax [Montgomery County].
- Osage County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Colfax [Osage County].
- Wilson County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Colfax [Wilson County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
  - Baxter County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Colfax [Baxter County].
- California
  - Placer County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Colfax [Placer County].
- Colorado
  - Custer County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Colfax [Custer County].
- Florida
  - Saint Johns County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Colfax [Saint Johns County].
- Georgia
  - Bulloch County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Colfax [Bulloch County].
  - Marion County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Colfax [Marion County].
- Illinois
  - McLean County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Colfax [McLean County].
- Indiana
  - Clinton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Colfax [Clinton County].
- Iowa
  - Jasper County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Colfax [Jasper County].
- Kentucky
  - Fleming County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Colfax [Fleming County].
- Louisiana
  - Grant Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Colfax [Grant Parish].
- Michigan
  - Bay County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Colfax [Bay County].
  - Mecosta County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Colfax [Mecosta County].
  - Oceana County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Colfax [Oceana County].
- Minnesota
  - Kandiyohi County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Colfax [Kandiyohi County].
- New Mexico
  - Colfax County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Colfax [Colfax County].
- North Carolina
  - Guilford County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Colfax [Guilford County].
- North Dakota
  - Richland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Colfax [Richland County].
- Ohio
  - Fairfield County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Colfax [Fairfield County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Allegheny County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Colfax [Allegheny County].
  - Huntingdon County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Colfax [Huntingdon County].
- Saskatchewan
  - Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of Colfax.
- Texas
  - Van Zandt County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Colfax [Van Zandt County].
- Washington
  - Whitman County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Colfax [Whitman County].
- West Virginia
  - Marion County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Colfax [Marion County].
- Wisconsin
  - Dunn County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Colfax [Dunn County].

More Orphans in Osborne County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Osborne County.

Footnotes ...

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Colfax could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.