Colfax

The landscape around Colfax is gently rolling farmland on central Iowa’s prairie, which has shaped both the town’s compact form and its agricultural economy. The South Skunk River runs through this part of Jasper County, placing Colfax in the wider Des Moines River watershed. Interstate 80 passes just south of town, linking it with Des Moines and communities across Iowa. Mineral springs gave Colfax a notable role in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when it developed as a regional health resort for visitors seeking therapeutic waters. Today, local services, schools and surrounding farms set the pace in this small central-Iowa community. View additional webcams nearby to better understand how Colfax relates to central Iowa’s farm country.

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