Colfax Township, Page County, Iowa

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

History

Colfax Township (Township 67, Range 38) was surveyed in June 1852 by William Shields. [2] It is named for Schuyler Colfax. [3] A small hamlet in the southwest corner of this township known as Willsburg existed in the 19th Century. [4]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Colfax Township, Page County, Iowa
  2. ↑ History of Page County. Des Moines: Iowa Historical Co. 1880.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Andreas, Alfred Theodore. "Illustrated historical atlas of the state of Iowa, 1875". Iowa Digital Library. S. Augustus Mitchell 1860. Retrieved August 5, 2025.

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