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Colfax, Washington
Colfax
is the
county seat
of
Whitman County
,
Washington
,
United States
. The population was 2,805 at the
2010 census
. It is situated amidst wheat-covered hills in a valley at the confluence of the north and south forks of the
Palouse River
.
U.S. Route 195
, which forms the town's main street, intersects with
State Route 26
at the north end of town; in the past, Colfax also lay at the junction of three major railway lines. It was named after
Schuyler Colfax
, the
vice president
from 1869-73.
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