Welcome to Colfax ...
Colfax is located Colfax is located in Van Zandt County<1>. The location of Colfax has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Colfax, you might consider that their post office opened in 1870. Colfax is 560 feet [171 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Colfax lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Telephone area codes for Colfax: (903) & (430)<4> 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, Ohio, Pennsylvania (2), Saskatchewan, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Colfax. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Colfax. 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. 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. 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 Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911). We also found Colfax in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).
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Footnotes ...
<1> If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Van Zandt, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. <2> The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. <3> The elevation is an estimate for the area around Colfax - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. <4> Area code (430) is an overlay for area code (903). <5> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.