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Coffee County, Georgia

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6historic places

—earliest paper

1854formed

43,092pop. 2020

77cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 6 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1982. Most listings are in or near Douglas.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

2 of 6 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

6 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
63rd Army Air Forces Contract Pilot School (Primary)	Douglas	District	2013
Downtown Douglas Historic District	Douglas	District	1993
Eleventh District A & M School-South Georgia College Historic District	Douglas	District	2010
Gaskin Avenue Historic District	Douglas	District	1993
Pope, Lonnie A., House	Douglas	Building	1982
Union Banking Company Building	Douglas	Building	1982

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Coffee was formed in 1854 (1854-02-09) from Clinch, Irwin, Telfair, Ware.

COFFEE created from CLINCH, IRWIN, TELFAIR, and WARE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Coffee County population from 1860 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
2,879	5,070	16,169	18,653	21,541	23,961	21,953	26,894	37,413	43,092

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

77 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 77 of 77 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Ashley Yoemans Cemetery	31.46213	-82.8707
Benjamin Chapel Cemetery	31.73574	-82.98181
Bethany Cemetery	31.62241	-82.96209
Bethel Cemetery	31.4611	-82.88388
Broxton City Cemetery	31.63325	-82.87662
Burkett Cemetery	31.65112	-82.69523
Candacy Cato Cemetery	31.70869	-82.90585
Carver Cemetery	31.4376	-82.86591
Cato Cemetery	31.63733	-82.8513
Central Church Cemetery	31.56837	-82.75282
Chaney Cemetery	31.52539	-82.92113
Chatterton Cemetery	31.50341	-82.73545
Cole Cemetery	31.49865	-82.61052
Daniel Cemetery	31.45297	-82.9357
Davis Cemetery	31.43022	-82.67491
Day Cemetery	31.60796	-82.94014
De Berry Cemetery	31.66061	-82.98364
Douglas City Cemetery	31.52824	-82.84153
Dry Creek Church Cemetery	31.48892	-82.64374
Forest Grove Church Cemetery	31.44972	-82.69124
Franklin Cemetery	31.46342	-82.85181
Frier Cemetery	31.7649	-82.91625
Fussell Cemetery	31.7549	-82.99598
Grantham Cemetery	31.54011	-82.88825
Griffin Cemetery	31.54057	-82.998
Harper Cemetery	31.51745	-83.05634
Harper Cemetery	31.53604	-83.02099
Harper Cemetery	31.65004	-82.98044
Harrell Grove Cemetery	31.45598	-82.79204
Hebron Cemetery	31.44896	-82.98238
Hinson Cemetery	31.6073	-82.6878
John Carver Cemetery	31.45488	-82.90077
Joseph Carver Cemetery	31.4563	-83.03542
Kirkland Cemetery	31.527	-82.73734
Lax Cemetery	31.47273	-83.12342
Lone Hill Church Cemetery	31.60659	-82.77755
Lott Cemetery	31.56893	-82.66255
Luke Cemetery	31.45482	-83.09855
McClelland Cemetery	31.45256	-82.8719
Meeks Cemetery	31.51533	-82.61126
Meeks Cemetery	31.53912	-82.60271
Moore Cemetery	31.49862	-82.99119
Mora Cemetery	31.41671	-82.94946
Morman Cemetery	31.46159	-82.82863
Mount Union Cemetery	31.55312	-83.02788
New Hope Cemetery	31.60322	-83.02612
Nolan Cemetery	31.42575	-83.04959
Oak Grove Cemetery	31.60396	-82.76149
Oak Grove Cemetery	31.76185	-82.93375
Old Wayfare Cemetery	31.60942	-82.84795
Paulk Cemetery	31.5092	-83.0426
Paulk Cemetery	31.54444	-83.06817
Peterson Cemetery	31.50436	-82.918
Prigden Cemetery	31.69736	-82.92282
Purvis Cemetery	31.4735	-83.06104
Reedy Branch Cemetery	31.65213	-82.90292
Roberts Cemetery	31.54717	-82.61201
Rocky Creek Cemetery	31.75728	-82.87862
Rocky Pond Cemetery	31.54432	-82.8981
Roxie Mae Cemetery	31.408	-82.66381
Saint Andrews Cemetery	31.75115	-82.84421
Saint Illa Cemetery	31.47659	-82.93922
Salem Cemetery	31.53284	-82.91947
Sand Hill Cemetery	31.52919	-82.74308
Satilla Memorial Gardens	31.42218	-82.85189
Smith Cemetery	31.58111	-83.05613
Tanner Cemetery	31.41062	-82.77553
Teston Cemetery	31.42064	-82.67931
Union Cemetery	31.45242	-83.12163
Vickers Cemetery	31.46939	-83.03552
Ward Cemetery	31.50769	-82.82958
Ward Cemetery	31.61439	-82.7446
Wayfare Cemetery	31.47844	-82.82514
Wilcox Cemetery	31.66201	-82.62962
Wilcox Cemetery	31.57991	-82.66069
Wood-Spell Cemetery	31.60185	-82.71208
Young Cemetery	31.60028	-82.882

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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