Colfax.
An English surname.
Meaning & usage
An English surname.
A number of places in the United States: A city in Placer County, California; named for Schuyler Colfax.
A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Custer County, Colorado; named for Schuyler Colfax.
A number of places in the United States: A village in McLean County, Illinois; named for Schuyler Colfax.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Perry Township, Clinton County, Indiana; named for Schuyler Colfax.
A number of places in the United States: A city in Jasper County, Iowa; named for Schuyler Colfax.
A number of places in the United States: A town, the parish seat of Grant Parish, Louisiana; named for Schuyler Colfax.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Guilford County, North Carolina; named for Schuyler Colfax.
A number of places in the United States: A city in Richland County, North Dakota.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Pleasant Township, Fairfield County, Ohio.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Van Zandt County, Texas; named for Schuyler Colfax.
A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Whitman County, Washington; named for Schuyler Colfax, Vice President for Ulysses S. Grant.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Marion County, West Virginia.
A number of places in the United States: A town and village in Dunn County, Wisconsin; named for Schuyler Colfax.
A community in Saskatchewan, Canada; named for the city in Iowa.
Where this word comes from
From coal + fox, describing a fox with black marks.
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