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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
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Colfax County is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the population was 13,750. Its county seat is Raton. It is south from the Colorado state line. This county was named for Schuyler Colfax (18231885), seventeenth Vice President of the United States under U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant.
Colfax County is the home of Philmont Scout Ranch and the NRA Whittington Center.
Timeline
Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year | Population
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1870 | 1,992
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1880 | 3,398
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1890 | 7,974
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1900 | 10,150
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1910 | 16,460
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1920 | 21,550
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1930 | 19,157
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1940 | 18,718
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1950 | 16,761
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1960 | 13,806
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1970 | 12,170
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1980 | 13,667
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1990 | 12,925
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External links
www.rootsweb.com/~nmcolfax/
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