Colfax, California

E72190

city incorporated place

Colfax, California is a small historic Gold Rush–era town in Placer County known as a former railroad hub in the Sierra Nevada foothills.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Colfax, California canonical	18
City of Colfax, California	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ incorporated place ⓘ
areaCode	530 ⓘ
climate	Mediterranean climate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
county	Placer County ⓘ surface form: Placer County, California
distanceToAuburn	approximately 15 miles northeast ⓘ
distanceToSacramento	approximately 50 miles northeast ⓘ
economicActivity	commuter residential community ⓘ tourism ⓘ
elevation	approximately 2425 feet ⓘ approximately 739 meters ⓘ
FIPSCode	06-14252 ⓘ
GNISFeatureID	0277500 ⓘ
governmentType	council–manager government ⓘ
hasHighSchool	Colfax High School ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict	downtown Colfax historic area ⓘ
hasRailStation	Colfax Amtrak station ⓘ
historicalRole	Gold Rush–era town ⓘ railroad hub ⓘ
incorporationDate	February 23, 1910 ⓘ
locatedIn	Placer County Supervisorial District 5 ⓘ Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
locatedNear	American River watershed ⓘ Bear River ⓘ
locatedOn	U.S. Route 40 ⓘ surface form: Historic U.S. Route 40 corridor Interstate 80 ⓘ
namedAfter	Schuyler Colfax ⓘ
nearestLargeCity	Auburn, California ⓘ Sacramento ⓘ surface form: Sacramento, California
originalName	Aldenville ⓘ Illinoistown ⓘ
partOf	Sacramento metropolitan area ⓘ
populationCensus2020	about 2150 ⓘ
postalCode	95713 ⓘ
railroadHistory	former Central Pacific Railroad stop ⓘ on the First Transcontinental Railroad route ⓘ
region	Gold Country ⓘ Northern California ⓘ
schoolDistrict	Colfax Elementary School District ⓘ Placer Union High School District ⓘ
servedByRailway	California Zephyr ⓘ surface form: Amtrak California Zephyr Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ
state	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
timeZone	Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Pacific Time Zone ⓘ surface form: Pacific Daylight Time
transportConnection	gateway to the Sierra Nevada ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Central Pacific Railroad historic route → passesNear → Colfax, California ⓘ

Placer County government → jurisdictionIncludes → Colfax, California ⓘ

this entity surface form: City of Colfax, California

Placer County → contains → Colfax, California ⓘ

Summit Tunnel in the Sierra Nevada → nearbyCity → Colfax, California ⓘ

Placer County Transit → servesCommunity → Colfax, California ⓘ

downtown Colfax historic area → locatedIn → Colfax, California ⓘ

downtown Colfax historic area → hasCity → Colfax, California ⓘ

Placer County Supervisorial District 5 → hasJurisdictionOver → Colfax, California ⓘ

Colfax Elementary School District → locatedIn → Colfax, California ⓘ

Placer Union High School District → servesCommunity → Colfax, California ⓘ

Aldenville → formerNameOf → Colfax, California ⓘ

Aldenville → replacedBy → Colfax, California ⓘ

Illinoistown → hasCurrentName → Colfax, California ⓘ

Illinoistown → isNowKnownAs → Colfax, California ⓘ

Illinoistown → hasSuccessor → Colfax, California ⓘ

Colfax High School → locatedIn → Colfax, California ⓘ

Colfax High School → servesCommunity → Colfax, California ⓘ

Colfax Amtrak station → locatedIn → Colfax, California ⓘ

Colfax Amtrak station → servesCity → Colfax, California ⓘ