Colfax North Dakota Map

About Colfax, North Dakota

Colfax is a locality in Richland County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 172. The population density is 65.8 people per km². Colfax is located at 46.4694°N, 96.8745°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Colfax is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58018.

Colfax occupies a vast, horizontal expanse where the sky asserts its dominance over the flat, productive earth of the Red River Valley. It lies 28.0 miles south of West Fargo, ND (from West Fargo, ND: bearing 177°T), and is situated 19.1 miles northwest of Wahpeton. The horizon here is a sharp, unwavering line, interrupted only by the skeletal geometry of grain elevators and the occasional shelterbelt of trees that bend against the persistent, scouring wind. Two miles to the west, the modest, winding ribbon of Pitcairn Creek cuts through the silt-heavy soil, offering a rare verticality to the terrain. Beyond the immediate fields, the landscape shifts toward the rugged terrain of the Sheyenne National Grassland, where the grasses ripple in monochrome waves under a sun that bleaches the color from the afternoon light.

Agriculture remains the singular, rhythmic pulse of Colfax, dictating the tempo of the calendar from the first thaw to the final harvest. The history of the locality is etched into the very grain of the soil, settled by pioneers who recognized the fertility of the glacial lake bed and organized their lives around the cycles of wheat and corn. While the proximity to the gentle, shadowed depression of Nyqist Coulee provides a subtle variation in the topography, the local economy remains tethered to the relentless productivity of the surrounding acres. Life in Colfax is defined by this quiet, industrial devotion to the land, where the silence of the winter nights is broken only by the distant, low hum of machinery moving across the dark, frozen plains.

About This Colfax Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Colfax, North Dakota. Coordinates: 46.469406, -96.874527. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Colfax includes the ZIP code (58018), telephone area code (701), county seat of Richland County (Wahpeton), and school district assignment (Richland Public School District 44).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.