Illinoistown

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Illinoistown was the original name of the town now known as Colfax, California, a historic community in the Sierra Nevada foothills tied to the development of the transcontinental railroad.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former populated place
historic community
country United States of America
hasCurrentName Colfax, California
hasEconomicActivity railroad-related commerce
support services for railroad construction
hasFeature railroad depot
hasHistoricalSignificance development of rail transportation across the Sierra Nevada
hasSettlementType town
hasSuccessor Colfax, California
hasTimezone Pacific Time Zone
historicalRelation early settlement along the route later used by the transcontinental railroad
historicalRole railroad town on the first transcontinental railroad
isNowKnownAs Colfax, California
locatedIn California, United States
surface form: California

Placer County
surface form: Placer County, California

Sierra Nevada foothills
locatedNear American River watershed
major wagon and stage routes over the Sierra Nevada
locatedOnTransportRoute First Transcontinental Railroad
surface form: First transcontinental railroad
namedAfter Illinois
surface form: Illinois (U.S. state)
partOf Northern California
Sierra Nevada
precededBy earlier mining camps in the Sierra Nevada foothills
replacedByName Colfax

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Colfax, California originalName Illinoistown