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Coalfield, Tennessee

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official_nameCoalfield, Tennessee
settlement_typeCensus-designated place
image_skylineCoalfieldPostOffice.jpg
imagesize200px
image_captionCoalfield Post Office
pushpin_mapTennessee
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameUnited States
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_name1Tennessee
subdivision_type2County
subdivision_name2Morgan
established_titleEstablished
established_date1850
unit_prefImperial
area_footnotes
area_total_km264.06
area_land_km264.06
area_water_km20.00
area_total_sq_mi24.73
area_land_sq_mi24.73
area_water_sq_mi0.00
population_as_of2020
population_footnotes
population_total2361
population_density_km236.86
population_density_sq_mi95.46
timezoneEastern (EST)
utc_offset-5
timezone_DSTEDT
utc_offset_DST-4
elevation_footnotes
elevation_ft1030
coordinates
postal_code_typeZIP code
postal_code37719, 37840
area_codes423, 865
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website

Coalfield is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Morgan County, Tennessee, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population of the CDP was 2,463, making Coalfield the most populous settlement in all of Morgan County. The community does have its own post office, with the ZIP code 37719.

History

Coalfield was originally known as "Ruffner's Station" after Shack Ruffner, an early settler who built a mill in the area. The name "Coalfield" reflects the community's coal mining tradition. It was the site of Coalfield Camp No. 1 and Coalfield Camp No. 2.

Geography

Coalfield is between Wartburg and Oliver Springs on Tennessee State Route 62. To the west are Frozen Head State Park and the community of Joyner, Tennessee.

Demographics

2020 census

RaceNumberPercentageWhite (non-Hispanic)Native AmericanAsianPacific IslanderOther/MixedHispanic or Latino
2,27596.36%
20.08%
30.13%
10.04%
672.84%
130.55%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 2,361 people, 960 households, and 795 families residing in the CDP.

Education

A Morgan County Schools public school, Coalfield School, is located in the heart of the community. Enrollment in 2018 2019 was 490 (all grades from pre-kindergarten to grade 12), with 41 students in Grade 12 and 31.0 teaching staff. The school's mascot is the Yellow Jacket. Coalfield Won the Class A State baseball championship in 1998, and was the Class A football State runner-up in 2014.

Notable people

  • Sid Hudson, baseball player and coach, was a native of Coalfield.

References

References

  1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau.
  2. "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau.
  3. {{GNIS. 1306005. Coalfield
  4. "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Coalfield (CDP), Tennessee". U.S. Census.
  5. Calvin Dickinson, ''Morgan County'' (Memphis State University Press, 1987), p. 19.
  6. "Explore Census Data".
  7. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov.
  8. "Coalfield School". Morgan County Schools.
  9. "Coalfield School". National center for Education Statistics.
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