Colfax

//ˈkoʊlfæks// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun

1
An English surname.
2
A number of places in the United States:; A city in Placer County, California; named for Schuyler Colfax.
3
A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Custer County, Colorado; named for Schuyler Colfax.
4
A number of places in the United States:; A village in McLean County, Illinois; named for Schuyler Colfax.
5
A number of places in the United States:; A town in Perry Township, Clinton County, Indiana; named for Schuyler Colfax.

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6
A number of places in the United States:; A city in Jasper County, Iowa; named for Schuyler Colfax.
7
A number of places in the United States:; A town, the parish seat of Grant Parish, Louisiana; named for Schuyler Colfax.
8
A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Guilford County, North Carolina; named for Schuyler Colfax.
9
A number of places in the United States:; A city in Richland County, North Dakota.
10
A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Pleasant Township, Fairfield County, Ohio.
11
A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Van Zandt County, Texas; named for Schuyler Colfax.
12
A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Whitman County, Washington; named for Schuyler Colfax, Vice President for Ulysses S. Grant.
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A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Marion County, West Virginia.
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A number of places in the United States:; A town and village in Dunn County, Wisconsin; named for Schuyler Colfax.
15
A community in Saskatchewan, Canada; named for the city in Iowa.

From coal + fox, describing a fox with black marks.

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