Colfax Township, Page County, Iowa

Colfax Township is a township in Page County, Iowa, United States.[1]

History

It is named for Schuyler Colfax.[2] A small hamlet in the southwest corner of this township known as Willsburg existed in the 19th Century.[3]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Colfax Township, Page County, Iowa
  2. ^ Kershaw, W. L. (1909). History of Page County, Iowa: Also Biographical Sketches of Some Prominent Citizens of the County, Volume 1. S.J. Clarke Publishing Co. p. 453.
  3. ^ Andreas, Alfred Theodore. "Illustrated historical atlas of the state of Iowa, 1875". Iowa Digital Library. S. Augustus Mitchell 1860. Retrieved August 5, 2025.

40°36′59″N 95°12′07″W / 40.6163°N 95.2020°W / 40.6163; -95.2020


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