Colfax, North Dakota

About Colfax

Colfax is a tiny community in southeastern North Dakota, home to 209 residents as of the latest Census estimates.

Colfax holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 1.01 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 207 residents per square mile.

📰 Colfax News Today

• North Dakota Man Convicted for the Theft of 130 Head of Cattle Northern Ag Network · Aug 4
• JoAnn V. Score Obituary May 5, 2026 - Vertin-Munson Funeral Home & Cremation Service Vertin-Munson Funeral Home & Cremation Service · May 5
• Colfax man charged in $650K cattle theft Valley News Live · Feb 19
• North Dakota Lets Farmers Run Cheaper Dyed Diesel on Highways AGDAILY · Sep 30
• Marie Alice Kennedy Obituary Jun 2, 2023 Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home · Jan 27

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What Makes Colfax Unique

• One of 8 places in the US named Colfax — but the North Dakota one has a character all its own.
• Positioned in southeastern North Dakota, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of North Dakota — one of 406 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 8 miles.

🏫 Schools in Colfax

• RICHLAND JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

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