City of Colfax Whitman County, Washington

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General information on City of Colfax

  • Feature Type: Incorporated

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for City of Colfax

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name Description
City of Colfax Official
Colfax Official

 

Origin Notes and History of City of Colfax

References to City of Colfax that document the origin of its place name

Title Cover Image: Origin of Washington geographic names

COLFAX, a town in Whitman County. N. W. Durham makes the following statement: "James A. Perkins, J. H. Logsden and Mr. Lucas, a committee authorized by the Legislature to locate the county seat of the new county of Whitman, reported in February, 1872, that they had selected the Forks of the Palouse. The lands were still unsurveyed, but a town was platted and called Colfax, in honor of the vice-president of the United States." (Spokane and the Inland Empire, page 630.)

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names
Meany, Edmond S., Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923 University of Washington, pp 52  |  Origin of Washington Geographic Names

 

Related Catalog Titles

A Bibliography for City of Colfax, Whitman County, Washington

Colfax 100 plus by Edith E. Erickson

Title Cover Image

[6], 286 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 28 cm

CIRC [ 1 ]
History · 1st Edition · E.E. Erickson, Colfax, Wash., 1981
Related Catalog Items: City of Colfax · Whitman County

 


 

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Last updated: 2017-06-29