Colfax Township is a

township A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...

in Cloud County,

Kansas Kansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named a ...

, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 49.

History

Colfax Township was organized in 1872 and was named after Vice President

Schuyler Colfax Schuyler Colfax Jr. ( ; March 23, 1823January 13, 1885) was an American journalist, businessman, and politician who served as the 17th vice president of the United States from 1869 to 1873, and prior to that as the 25th Speaker of the United Sta ...

Geography

Colfax Township covers an area of and contains no incorporated settlements.

References

USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

External links

Townships in Cloud County, Kansas Townships in Kansas {{CloudCountyKS-geo-stub