Historical Marker
Colfax Methodist Church
Historical marker location:
57 Church Street, Colfax, California
( Marker is at the intersection of Church Street and Culver Street on Church Street.)
Marker installed: 1997
The first female mayor in the U.S. was elected in California in 1887. Susanna M. Salter was elected mayor of Argonia, Kansas, but she was born in California and later moved to Kansas with her husband.