THE COLFAX LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Saginaw Lake Plain setting.
Colfax township has 34.7 square miles of land in Huron County. Its Census reference point is in Saginaw Lake Plain, within Huron/Erie Lake Plains.
A broad former lake plain is interrupted by old beach ridges, dunes and glacial moraines. The landscape is mostly low-relief, with important differences between sandy rises and lower ground.
Regional context: Huron/Erie Lake Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Colfax and Huron County
Colfax is associated with Huron 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 0.04 square miles of water within Colfax, or 0.1% of its total area. It is 60.8 percentage points lower than the 60.9% recorded for Huron County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Colfax township has 14.9 times the land area of nearby Bad Axe city (2.34 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

