Colfax Township, Harrison County, Missouri

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Colfax Township
Township
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Coordinates: 40°30′18″N93°56′43″W / 40.5050382°N 93.9453196°W / 40.5050382; -93.9453196
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Missouri.svg  Missouri
County Harrison
Area
[1]
 • Total
111.4 km2 (43.02 sq mi)
 • Land110.6 km2 (42.69 sq mi)
 • Water0.9 km2 (0.33 sq mi)  0.77%
Elevation
[2]
336 m (1,102 ft)
Population
 (2020) [3]
 • Total
599
 • Density5.4/km2 (14.0/sq mi)
FIPS code 29-08115508 [1]
GNIS feature ID766717 [2]

Colfax Township is a township in Harrison County, Missouri, United States. [2] At the 2020 census, its population was 599. [3]

Colfax township was created due to a county-wide November 1872 election, which would subdivide the county into 20 municipal townships corresponding with the county's 20 congressional townships. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "MO TIGER County Subdivisions". Missouri Spatial Data Infomration Service. United State Census Bureau. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Colfax Township, Harrison County, Missouri
  3. 1 2 "Census 2020 DHC Extract Assistance". Missouri Census Data Center. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  4. ↑ Wanamaker, George W. "History of Harrison County, Missouri". Topeka, Indianapolis : Historical Pub. Co., 1921. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
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