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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-17-367461
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20171212

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CENTRAL FEDERAL CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001070680
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SAVINGS INSTITUTION, FEDERALLY CHARTERED [6035]
		IRS NUMBER:				341877137
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O CFBANK
		STREET 2:		7000 N. HIGH ST.
		CITY:			WORTHINGTON
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43085
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6143347979

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O CFBANK
		STREET 2:		7000 N. HIGH ST.
		CITY:			WORTHINGTON
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43085

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	GRAND CENTRAL FINANCIAL CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19980918
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>[Central Federal Corporation Letterhead] </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">December&nbsp;12, 2017 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>VIA EDGAR
</U></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Securities and Exchange Commission </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Division of
Corporation Finance </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">100 F Street, N.E. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Washington, D.C.
20549 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Attention: David Lin </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Re:</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Central Federal Corporation</B> </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Registration Statement on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> (File No.</U><U></U><U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;333-221607)</FONT></U></B> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Central Federal Corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), pursuant to Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
hereby respectfully requests that the effectiveness of the above-referenced Registration Statement be accelerated to, and that such Registration Statement be declared effective on, Thursday, December&nbsp;14, 2017, at 4:00 pm (EST) or as soon
thereafter as practicable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In connection with the above request, the Registrant hereby acknowledges that: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">should the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action
with respect to the filing; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Registrant from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the
disclosure in the filing; and </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">the Registrant may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
</TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Please advise Anthony D. Weis of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, our outside counsel, of the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement by telephone at (614) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">464-5465</FONT> or by facsimile at (614) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">719-4776.</FONT> </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Very truly yours,</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">/s/ Timothy T. O&#146;Dell</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Timothy T. O&#146;Dell</TD></TR>
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