Colfax
Proper noun
Meaning
A city in North Dakota.
An English surname.
An unincorporated community in North Carolina.
A number of places in the United States:
A city in Placer County, California, United States; named for Schuyler Colfax.
A village in Illinois; named for Schuyler Colfax.
A town in Indiana; named for Schuyler Colfax.
A city in Iowa; named for Schuyler Colfax.
A town, the parish seat of Grant Parish, Louisiana; named for Schuyler Colfax.
An unincorporated community in Texas; named for Schuyler Colfax.
A city, the county seat of Whitman County, Washington; named for Schuyler Colfax, Vice President for Ulysses S. Grant.
A town and village in Wisconsin; named for Schuyler Colfax.
A community in Saskatchewan, Canada; named for the city in Iowa.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgPhrases with the word
Examples
Aurora is right next to Denver, not ten miles away, its northwest portion blends seamlessly and depressingly with East Colfax neighborhoods of Denver.
A number of blacks were killed at the Colfax massacre of 1873 while attempting to defend their right to vote.
Colfax had good reason to be concerned.
Carrie Smith Hiatt, 87, of Colfax, NC passed away peacefully Sunday September 27, 2020.
An hour later, the attendees took to the streets and marched from the Capitol to Colfax Avenue, around Civic Center Park and then back.
On Thursday, Colfax and District 2 Supervisor Catherine Stefani announced a 93 person-capacity low acuity care center for non-COVID patients to free up hospital beds for coronavirus cases.