Colfax Township, Huron County, Michigan

Colfax Township is a civil township of Huron County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,753 at the 2020 census.

Communities

• The city of Bad Axe is on the eastern boundary and has incorporated land that had formerly been in the township.
• Popple is a tiny unincorporated community in the southwest corner of the township along M-53/S. Van Dyke Road between Pinnebog and Kilmanagh/Popple Roads about five miles southwest of Bad Axe on the Pinnebog River at . From 1928 to 1939, Popple was the southern terminus of M-105, which connected M-53 with then M-83 (now M-142. The community was at first known as "Finger Board" when it was founded in 1870. When it was given a post office in January 1882, the name was changed to Popple after the popple tree (Populus tremuloides). The first postmaster was Samuel Hurd Wright. The post office closed in January 1883, but was restored from October 1883 until August 1905.
• Grassmere was a railroad station and post office on the border with Oliver Township. The station served the Saginaw, Tuscola & Huron Railroad. The post office operated from 1891 until 1909; M. A. Vogel was its first postmaster.