Coffman, Missouri
Coffman, Missouri | |
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unincorporated community | |
Location of Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri | |
Coordinates: 37°47′40″N 90°11′39″W / 37.79444°N 90.19417°WCoordinates: 37°47′40″N 90°11′39″W / 37.79444°N 90.19417°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Missouri |
County | Sainte Genevieve |
Township | Saline |
Elevation | 781 [1] ft (238 m) |
Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
• Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
ZIP code | 63670 |
Area code(s) | 573 |
FIPS code | 29-15310 [2] |
GNIS feature ID | 716070 [3] |
Coffman is an unincorporated community in Saline Township in southern Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri, in the United States. It is located about fifteen miles southwest of Ste. Genevieve.[4]
Name
The community of Coffman was named after John Coffman, a nearby landowner and a native of Virginia.[5] An earlier settlement, called New Tennessee, was located near Coffman and had been founded by Protestant American settlers, many hailing from Tennessee.[6]
Community
Coffman is home to the Crown Valley Brewing & Distilling Co. microbrewery [7] as well as the 165 acre Crown Valley Winery.[8]
References
- ↑ Cartographic.info http://cartographic.info/usa/map.php?id=716070
- ↑ Roadsidethoughts.com http://www.roadsidethoughts.com/mo/coffman-xx-sainte-genevieve-misc.htm
- ↑ Roadsidethoughts.com http://www.roadsidethoughts.com/mo/coffman-xx-sainte-genevieve-misc.htm
- ↑ Histopolis.com http://www.histopolis.com/Place/US/MO/Sainte_Genevieve_County/New_Bourbon
- ↑ State Historical Society of Missouri: Ste. Genevieve County http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_sainte_genevieve.html
- ↑ Howard Louis Conard (1901). "Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri: A Compendium of History and Biography for Ready Reference, Volume 4".
- ↑ Crown Valley Brewing & Distilling Co. http://discoverfarmingtonmo.com/crown-valley-brewing-distilling/
- ↑ Crown Valley Winery http://www.ruralmissouri.coop/05pages/05DecCrownWine.html
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