Colfax

Colfax (pronounced kōl'faks) may refer to:

Historical events

• Colfax massacre, an 1873 incident in Colfax, Louisiana
• Colfax County War in New Mexico in 1876 between settlers and the Santa Fe Ring
• 1958 Colfax, Wisconsin tornado outbreak which killed at least 28 people

People with the surname Colfax

• Schuyler Colfax (1823-1885), politician and 17th Vice President of the United States

Places in North America

In Canada:

• Colfax, Saskatchewan

In the United States:

• Colfax, California
  • Colfax High School (California) in Colfax, California
• Colfax, Illinois
• Colfax, Indiana
• Colfax, Iowa
• Colfax, Louisiana
  • Colfax High School was consolidated into Grant High School in Dry Prong, Louisiana
• Colfax, North Carolina
• Colfax, North Dakota
• Colfax, Washington
  • Colfax High School
• Colfax (town), Wisconsin
• Colfax, Wisconsin
  • Colfax High School (Wisconsin)
  • Colfax Railroad Museum

Other locations:

• Colfax Oil Field, Grant Parish, Louisiana
• Camp Colfax, military camp, Malheur County, Oregon
• Colfax Peak, summit, Whatcom County, Washington
• Colfax Avenue, a major east-west thoroughfare in Denver, Colorado

Other

• Colfax (band), a heavy rock band from Brockville, Ontario
• The Colfax, a 125-foot U.S. Coast Guard cutter (ship); transferred to the U.S. Navy in 1917 and served in the vicinity of Baltimore, Maryland during World War I; returned to the Coast Guard in 1919
• Colfax (genus), a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae

See also

• Colfax County (disambiguation)
• Colfax Township (disambiguation)