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Schuyler, Nebraska, named after Colfax, is the county seat of Colfax County, Nebraska. The ghost town of Colfax, Colorado, was named after him, as was Colfax County, New Mexico. Colfax Avenue in South Bend is named in his honor. Colfax's home of his adult years stood on that street, at 601 W. Market St. The city later renamed the street in his ...
Evelyn Clark Colfax (1823–1863), first wife of Schuyler Colfax; Schuyler Colfax (1823–1885), politician and 17th vice president of the United States; Schuyler Colfax III (1870–1925), American politician, 11th mayor of South Bend, Illinois, and son of the Schuyler Colfax; William Colfax (1756–1838), American Revolutionary War officer
Colfax is a city in and the county seat of Whitman County, ... It was named after Schuyler Colfax, the Vice President of the United States from 1869 to 1873.
Colfax County is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,387. [1] Its county seat is Raton. [2] It is south from the Colorado state line. This county was named for Schuyler Colfax (1823–1885), seventeenth Vice President of the United States under U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant.
In 1868, Grand was renamed "Colfax" to honor U.S. House Speaker Schuyler Colfax who later became Ulysses Grant's Vice President. Colfax had visited Denver in 1865, and locals may have named the street after him to gain national support from the prominent Indiana congressman for Colorado's ongoing statehood initiative. [6] [7] [8]
Colfax, 5 places in California, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, and Washington – Schuyler Colfax (US Vice President) [152] Collettsville, North Carolina – Colletts family (residents) [152] Collier County, Florida – Barron Collier; Collinsville, Illinois – Collins brothers (founders) [153] Colrain, Massachusetts – Lord Coleraine (note ...
Colfax (formerly Alden Grove, Alder Grove, Illinoistown, and Upper Corral) is a city in Placer County, California, [4] at the crossroads of Interstate 80 and State Route 174. The population was 1,963 at the 2010 census .
Colfax Reunion Nursing and Rehabilitation Home at 366 Webb Smith Drive in Colfax serves all of Grant Parish. Grant Parish is a parish located in the North Central portion of the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,169. [1] The parish seat is Colfax. [2] The parish was founded in 1869 during the Reconstruction ...