THE COLFAX LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Sand Area setting.
Colfax township has 36.5 square miles of land in Newton County. Its Census reference point is in Sand Area, within Central Corn Belt Plains.
Glaciated plains historically supported tallgrass prairie mixed with oak and hickory woodland. Dark prairie soils and broad farming landscapes distinguish much of the Central Corn Belt.
Regional context: Central Corn Belt Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Colfax and Newton County
Colfax is associated with Newton County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Colfax by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Colfax, or 0% of its total area. It is 0.4 percentage points lower than the 0.4% recorded for Newton County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Colfax township has 138.4 times the land area of nearby Fair Oaks CDP (0.26 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

