Colfax–Mingo Community School District
public school district in Colfax, Iowa, United States
Colfax–Mingo Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Colfax, Iowa.
Located in Jasper County, it serves Colfax, Mingo, Ira, Valeria, and the portion of Mitchellville in Jasper County.
The Colfax and Mingo school districts consolidated on July 1, 1985.
History
The Poweshiek township school district (including Mingo) was organized by 1849. The independent district of Colfax was formed in April, 1876. Later that year, a bond was passed for $3,500 for the erection of a suitable school building in Colfax.
In 1910, the Colfax school had 15 teachers and an enrollment of 706, and the Poweshiek township schools had an enrollment of 244.
Schools
The district operates two schools, both located in Colfax.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Colfax–Mingo Community School District” is public school district in Colfax, Iowa, United States. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Colfax, Mingo and Community, not as a finished interpretation.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 7, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q65117869. Authority coordinates are 41.678, -92.231. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1985, 1849, 1876 and 1910.
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