Editing Colfax, Washington (section)

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Colfax
| settlement_type    = [[City]]
| image_skyline      = Colfax aerial, May 2023.png
| imagesize          = 300px
| image_caption      = Colfax, looking north
| motto              = 
| image_map          = Whitman_County_Washington_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Colfax_Highlighted.svg
| mapsize            = 250px
| map_caption        = Location of Colfax, Washington
<!-- Location -->
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Washington|County]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Washington (state)|Washington]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Whitman County, Washington|Whitman]]
<!-- Government -->
| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = [[Mayor–council government|Mayor–council]]
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = 
| leader_title1      = City administrator
| leader_name1       = 
| established_title  = 
| established_date   = 
<!-- Area -->
| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_53.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 20, 2024}}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 9.79
| area_total_sq_mi   = 3.78
| area_land_km2      = 9.79
| area_land_sq_mi    = 3.78
| area_water_km2     = 0.01
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.00
<!-- Population -->
| population_total   = 2782
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDP2020.DP1?g=160XX00US5313785 |title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2020 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Colfax city, Washington |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=March 20, 2024}}</ref>
| population_density_km2 = 284.2
| population_density_sq_mi = 736.2
<!-- General information -->
| timezone           = [[Pacific Time Zone|Pacific (PST)]]
| utc_offset         = -8
| timezone_DST       = PDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -7
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft       = 1995
| coordinates        = {{coord|46|53|N|117|22|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
<!-- Area/postal codes and others -->
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 99111
| area_code          = [[Area code 509|509]]
| area_code_type     = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 53-13785
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 2410191<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2410191}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|https://colfaxwa.org}}
| footnotes          = 
}}

'''Colfax''' is a city in and the [[county seat]] of [[Whitman County, Washington|Whitman County]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], United States.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=2011-06-07 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=2011-05-31 }}</ref> The population was 2,782 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]], making Colfax the second largest city in Whitman County behind Pullman.<ref>{{cite web|title=April 1 Population of Cities, Towns, and Counties|url=https://www.ofm.wa.gov/sites/default/files/public/dataresearch/pop/april1/ofm_april1_population_final.pdf|website=ofm.wa.gov|access-date=March 20, 2024}}</ref> 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#Washington|U.S. Route 195]], which forms the town's main street, intersects with [[Washington State Route 26|State Route 26]] at the north end of town; in the past, Colfax also lay at the junction of three major railway lines. It is part of the [[Pullman–Moscow combined statistical area]]. It was named after [[Schuyler Colfax]], the [[Vice President of the United States]] from 1869 to 1873.