Colfax, Wisconsin

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Colfax
Colfax town hall, listed in the NRHP since 2004 [1]
Colfax Town Hall, listed on the NRHP since 2004
Location in Wisconsin
Colfax, Wisconsin
Colfax
Colfax
Basic data
Foundation : 1864
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Dunn County
Coordinates : 45 ° 0 ′  N , 91 ° 44 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 0 ′  N , 91 ° 44 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 1,158 (as of 2010)
Population density : 317.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 3.65 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 288 m
Postal code : 54730
Area code : +1 715,534
FIPS : 55-16275
GNIS ID : 1563262
Website : www.villageofcolfaxwi.org
Mayor : Scott A. Gunnufson (President)

Colfax is a municipality (with the status of Village ) in Dunn County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . At the 2010 census , Colfax had 1,158 inhabitants.

geography

Colfax is located in northwestern Wisconsin on the Red Cedar River , which is part of the Mississippi River basin across the Chippewa River .

The geographical coordinates of Colfax are 44 ° 59'51 "north latitude and 91 ° 43'38" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of ​​3.65 km². The municipality of Colfax is completely surrounded by the Town of Colfax , but does not belong to it.

Neighboring towns to Colfax are Sand Creek (13 miles north), Bloomer (17 miles northeast), Old Albertville (10 miles southeast), Elk Mound (10 miles south), Menomonie (17 miles southwest) ) and Tainter Lake (8 miles west).

The nearest major cities are Minnesota's capital, St. Paul (119 km west), Eau Claire (35.7 km southeast), La Crosse (175 km southeast) and Rochester , Minnesota (157 km south-southwest).

traffic

In Colfax, Wisconsin State Highways 40 and 170 (at its eastern end point) meet. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

In the west-east direction runs a railway line of the Canadian National Railway belonging to Wisconsin Central through the municipality of Colfax. The Colfax Railroad Museum displays a variety of locomotives, cars, and equipment from historic railroads from western Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota.

The nearest airport is the Chippewa Valley Regional Airport (36.5 km southeast) in Eau Claire; the larger Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport is 138 km to the west.

population

According to the 2010 census , Colfax had 1,158 people in 478 households. The population density was 317.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.29 people lived in each of the 478 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.2 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.7 percent of the population.

24.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 53.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.6 percent were 65 years or older. 54.4 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 37,273  USD . The per capita income was $ 19,502. 17.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 03001542 Retrieved January 28, 2014
  2. ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 27, 2014
  3. ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed January 27, 2014
  4. ↑ Colfay Railroad Museum Retrieved on January 27, 2014

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