Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- California
- County
- Placer
- Incorporated
- February 23, 1910
- Named after
- Schuyler Colfax
- Mayor
- Sean Lomen
- Mayor pro tem
- Caroline McCully
- Councilmember
- Kim Douglas
- Total
- 1.41 sq mi (3.64 km )
- Land
- 1.41 sq mi (3.64 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km ) 0%
- Elevation
- 2,425 ft (739 m)
- Density
- 1,418.9/sq mi (547.85/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC−7 (PDT)
- Area codes
- 530, 837
- Fips code
- 06-14498
- Website
- www .colfax-ca .gov
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Encyclopedic overview
Colfax (formerly Alden Grove, Alder Grove, Illinoistown, and Upper Corral) is a city in Placer County, California, at the crossroads of Interstate 80 and State Route 174. The population was 1,995 at the 2020 census. The town is named in honor of U.S. Vice President Schuyler Colfax (1869–73), a bronze statue of whom stands at Railroad Street and Grass Valley Street. (This is one of two known statues of Schuyler Colfax in the United States, the other located in Indianapolis, Indiana.)
Some of the town's notable features include the newly restored Southern Pacific Railroad colonnade-style depot (which houses the Colfax Museum and Chamber of Commerce) built in 1905, the downtown shops on Main Street, and Colfax High School, which serves a large surrounding area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Colfax” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.