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Colfax en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkoʊlfæks/

Etymology

From coal + fox, describing a fox with black marks.

Meanings

  1. An English surname.
  2. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city in Placer County, California; named for Schuyler Colfax.
    • The outage area continues to expand, stretching from Granite Bay, Newcastle, Loomis, and Auburn across Folsom Lake to Cool, and north through Colfax into Lake of the Pines. 2026 June 20, Erin Heft, “Massive PG&E power outage leaves approximately 61,000 customers in the dark across Placer County”, in KCRA, archived from the original on 20 Jun 2026:
  3. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A ghost town in Custer County, Colorado; named for Schuyler Colfax.
  4. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A village in McLean County, Illinois; named for Schuyler Colfax.
  5. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Perry Township, Clinton County, Indiana; named for Schuyler Colfax.
  6. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city in Jasper County, Iowa; named for Schuyler Colfax.
  7. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town, the parish seat of Grant Parish, Louisiana; named for Schuyler Colfax.
  8. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Guilford County, North Carolina; named for Schuyler Colfax.
  9. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city in Richland County, North Dakota.
  10. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Pleasant Township, Fairfield County, Ohio.
  11. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Van Zandt County, Texas; named for Schuyler Colfax.
  12. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city, the county seat of Whitman County, Washington; named for Schuyler Colfax, Vice President for Ulysses S. Grant.
  13. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Marion County, West Virginia.
  14. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town and village in Dunn County, Wisconsin; named for Schuyler Colfax.
  15. A community in Saskatchewan, Canada; named for the city in Iowa.

Deriveds

Colfax County