Coffee County, Alabama

Coffee County, Alabama
Map
Location in the state of Alabama
Alabama's location in the U.S.
Statistics
Founded	Formed from western Dale County in 1841
Seat	Elba and Enterprise
Largest City	Enterprise
Area  - Total  - Land  - Water	680 sq mi (1,761 km²) 679 sq mi (1,759 km²) 1 sq mi (3 km²), (0.22%)
Population  - (2007)  - Density	46,793 28/sq mi (11/km²)

Coffee County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of General John Coffee. As of 2007 the population was 46,793. Its county seats are Elba and Enterprise.

Geography

According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of 680.48 square miles (1,762.4 km²). 678.99 square miles (1,758.6 km²) (or 99.78%) is land and 1.49 square miles (3.9 km²) (or 0.22%) is water.

Major highways

• U.S. Highway 84
• State Route 27
• State Route 51
• State Route 87
• State Route 88
• State Route 92
• State Route 134

Border counties

• Pike County (north)
• Dale County (east)
• Geneva County (south)
• Covington County (west)
• Crenshaw County (northwest)

Cities and towns

• Elba
• Enterprise (part - part of Enterprise is in Dale County)
• Kinston
• New Brockton

Unincorporated communities

• Alberton
• Basin
• Battens Crossroads
• Bluff Springs
• Brooklyn
• Central City
• Chesnut Grove
• Clintonville
• Clowers Crossroads
• Coppinville
• Curtis
• Damascus
• Danleys Crossroads
• Frisco
• Goodman
• Ino
• Jack
• Java
• Keyton
• Lowry Mill
• Newby
• Perry Store
• Pine Level
• Rhoades
• Richburg
• Roeton
• Shady Grove
• Tabernacle
• Turner Crossroads
• Victoria
• Wilkinstown
• Zoar

Notable people

• Jim Folsom, governor of Alabama from 1947 to 1951 and 1955 to 1959, was born in Coffee County.
• Coffee is the hometown of Major League Baseball superstar Alex Rios
• Coffee County is home to "The Dancing Ghost" of Grancer Harrison, featured in the book 13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey.