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Welcome to Colfax ...

Colfax is located in Fairfield County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Colfax, you might consider that their post office opened in 1869.

Colfax is 990 feet [302 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Colfax lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Colfax: 740 & 220<3>

Communities Also Named Colfax ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 32 communities that are also named Colfax - they are located in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (7), Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan (3), Minnesota, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, 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.

  • Lancaster
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Pickerington
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Canal Winchester
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Logan
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Logan is located in Hocking County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,933 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Logan <4>
  • New Lexington
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Baltimore
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Buckeye Lake
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Hebron
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Lithopolis
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Somerset
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)

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.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Colfax ...

Looking for more information about Colfax? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Colfax, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor 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 (so far) for Colfax was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Colfax post office opened in 1869. The Colfax post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Colfax.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Fairfield, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Colfax - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Colfax area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Colfax area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/