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We would like to provide the residents of  Colfax  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Colfax Home page. The Colfax Home page provides as much information as possible on Colfax. Knowing Colfax’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Colfax’s Home page, you will also find Colfax’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Colfax has a population of 2879. 50.5% of Colfax’s inhabitants are Male, and 49.5 are female. 42.5% of Colfax is married and 65.8% own their own home. The Average Home price is $169,121, and the average rent is $751. Household median income in Colfax is $51,815, and the individual median income is $28,645. Colfax’s Ethnic is the following: White(91.7%), Multiple(4.2%), Hispanic(3.3%), Other(3%), Asian(0.6%), Native(0.5%).


Colfax is the county seat of Whitman County, Washington, United States. The population was 2,805 at the 2010 census. The population is estimated at 2,911 per the State of Washington Office of Financial Management in 2018 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 was named after Schuyler Colfax, the vice president from 1869–73.


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