Colfax Map
Colfax is a village in McLean County, Illinois, United States. The population was 989 at the 2000 census, and 1,012 in 2009. It is part of the Bloomington–Normal Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The journalist and Northwestern University professor Elmo Scott Watson was born in Colfax in 1892.
Colfax is located at 40°33?59?N 88°36?55?W / 40.56639°N 88.61528°W / 40.56639; -88.61528 (40.566290, -88.615304).
Nearby cities include Lexington, Saybrook, Sibley, Chenoa, Fairbury.