Colfax

HISTORY

It is located at the confluence of the north and south forks of the Palouse River. At once time, Colfax also lay at the junction of three railway lines. It was named after Schuyler Colfax, the 17th Vice President of the United States (1869-1873).

The following Volga German families are known to have settled in and around Colfax:

Aschenbrenner
Bafus
Daubert
Gerlitz
Heidenreich
Hergert
Kleweno
Lautenschlager
Leinweber
Litzenberger
Luft
Lust
Machleit
Morasch from Yagodnaya Polyana
Schlundt
Schreiber