Colfax, California
Colfax is a city in Placer County, California, at the crossroads of Interstate 80 and State Route 174. The population was 1,963 at the 2010 census. The town is named in honor of U.S. Vice President Schuyler Colfax, a bronze statue of whom stands at Railroad Street and Grass Valley Street.. Some of the town's notable features include the newly restored Southern Pacific Railroad colonnade-style depot built in 1905, the downtown shops on Main Street,... Show more and Colfax High School, which serves a large surrounding area.