Coalfield, Tennessee
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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,{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US4715880 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212161508/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US4715880 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |title= Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Coalfield (CDP), Tennessee |publisher=U.S. Census}} 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.Calvin Dickinson, Morgan County (Memphis State University Press, 1987), p. 19. 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=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Coalfield racial composition{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4715880&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 27, 2021|website=data.census.gov}} !scope="col"| Race !scope="col"| Number !scope="col"| Percentage |
| scope="row"| White (non-Hispanic)
| 2,275 | 96.36% |
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| scope="row"| Native American
| 2 | 0.08% |
| scope="row"| Asian
| 3 | 0.13% |
| scope="row"| Pacific Islander
| 1 | 0.04% |
| scope="row"| Other/Mixed
| 67 | 2.84% |
| scope="row"| Hispanic or Latino
| 13 | 0.55% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 2,361 people, 960 households, and 795 families residing in the CDP.
{{US Census population
|align=left|2010= 2463
|2020= 2361
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}
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Education
A Morgan County Schools public school, Coalfield School, is located in the heart of the community.{{cite web |title=Coalfield School |url=https://www.mcsed.net/Page/119 |publisher=Morgan County Schools |accessdate=April 19, 2020}} Enrollment in 2018 2019 was 490 (all grades from pre-kindergarten to grade 12), with 41 students in Grade 12 and 31.0 {{FTE}} teaching staff.{{cite web |title=Coalfield School |url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&ID=470309001230 |website=School Directory Information |publisher=National center for Education Statistics |accessdate=April 19, 2020}} 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.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}
Notable people
- Sid Hudson, baseball player and coach, was a native of Coalfield.
References
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External links
- [https://sites.google.com/a/mcsed.net/coalfield/ Coalfield School official site]
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Category:Census-designated places in Tennessee
Category:Coal towns in Tennessee
Category:Unincorporated communities in Tennessee
Category:Census-designated places in Morgan County, Tennessee