Place:Colfax, New Mexico, United States

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NameColfax
Alt namesColfaxsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates36.867°N 105.117°W
Located inNew Mexico, United States     (1869 - )
See alsoMora, New Mexico, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Union, New Mexico, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Deserted settlement
Arms
Aurora
Bell ( 1850 - 1960 )
Brackett ( 1880 - 1940 )
Chicoso ( 1850 - 1920 )
Coleman ( 1840 - 1940 )
Cottonwood
Cunningham
Deep Tunnel
Dorsey
Dover
Elkins
England
Franklin
Gato
Hummer
Ladd
Loretta
Lynn
Newton ( 1880 - 1940 )
Osha
Otero
Pittsburg
Ponil Park
Rael
Slagle ( 1880 - 1930 )
Southside ( 1850 - 1950 )
Sweetwater ( 1830 - 1930 )
Tafoya
Temple
Trinchera
Vernon
Whitson ( 1850 - 1900 )
Inhabited place
Abbott
Agua Fria
Angel Fire
Banning Place
Black Lake Resorts
Black Lake
Brilliant
Capitan Hill
Carisbrooke
Casa Grande
Chico
Cimarron
Dawson
Dillon
Eagle Nest
Elizabethtown
Farley
French Corners
Gardiner
Hematite
Idlewild
Keota
Kiowa
Koehler
Lakeview Pines
Maxwell
McCrystal Place
McDaniel Cimarron Place
Miami
Moreno
Palo Blanco
Perryville
Raton
Rayado
Ring Place
Shuree
Six Mile Gate
Springer
Sugarite
Sunny Side
Taylor Springs
Tinaja
Toril
Troyburg
Urraca Place
Ute Park
Valdez Place
Van Houten
Vermejo Park
Virginia City
Yankee
Unknown
Catskill
Colfax
Colmor
French
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.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1869 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1870 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1900 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1964 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1969 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1984 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1870 1,992
1880 3,398
1890 7,974
1900 10,150
1910 16,460
1920 21,550
1930 19,157
1940 18,718
1950 16,761
1960 13,806
1970 12,170
1980 13,667
1990 12,925
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External links

www.rootsweb.com/~nmcolfax/

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