Coffee, Georgia
Coffee | |
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| Coffee | |
Location within Georgia Location within the United States | |
| Coordinates: 31°30′28″N 82°18′41″W / 31.50778°N 82.31139°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Georgia |
| County | Bacon |
Coffee is an unincorporated community in Bacon County, Georgia, United States.[1]
History
[edit]A post office called Coffee was established in 1890, and remained in operation until 1957.[2] The community was either named after a local pioneer citizen or after General John E. Coffee, a state legislator and a U. S. representative (sources vary).[3][4]
References
[edit]- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Coffee, Georgia
- ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
- ↑ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 26.
- ↑ Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 47. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.
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