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Colfax
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city in and county seat of Whitman County, Washington, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Washington
- County
- Whitman
- Type
- Mayor–council
- Mayor
- James Retzer
- Total
- 3.78 sq mi (9.79 km )
- Land
- 3.78 sq mi (9.79 km )
- Water
- 0.0039 sq mi (0.01 km )
- Elevation
- 1,995 ft (608 m)
- Density
- 736/sq mi (284.2/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( Pacific (PST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 (PDT)
- Fips code
- 53-13785
- Website
- colfaxwa .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Colfax
- Population
- 2782
- Area
- 9.817627
- Elevation
- 1972
- Official website
- www.colfaxwa.org
- Image
- ColfaxWA1.jpg
- Households
- 1168
- Dialing code
- 509
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- P8168
- deanol
- Commons category
- Colfax, Washington
- postal code
- 99111
- inception
- 1870-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0.0922
- per capita income
- 28773
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Article
Colfax is a city in and the county seat of Whitman County, Washington, United States. The population was 2,782 at the 2020 census, making Colfax the second largest city in Whitman County behind Pullman. It is situated amidst wheat-covered hills in a valley at the confluence of the north and south forks of the Palouse River. U.S. Route 195, which forms the town's main street, intersects with State Route 26 at the north end of town; in the past, Colfax also lay at the junction of three major railway lines. It is part of the Pullman–Moscow combined statistical area. It was named after Schuyler Colfax, the Vice President of the United States from 1869 to 1873.
History