Coffee County, Tennessee: History
Coffee County was formed in 1836 from parts of Bedford, Warren, and Franklin counties. It was named for John Coffee, a prominent planter, land speculator, and militia officer.
In the period after the Reconstruction era ended (1877) and into the early 20th century, whites in Coffee County committed eight lynchings of blacks. This was the fifth-highest total of any county in the state, but three other counties also had eight lynchings each.
Coffee County has twelve Century Farms, the classification for farms that have been operating for more than 100 years. The oldest Century Farm is Shamrock Acres, founded in 1818. Other Century Farms include:
Beckman Farm
Brown Dairy Farm
Carden Farm
Crouch-Ramsey Farm
Freeze Farm
The Homestead Farm
Jacobs Farm
Long Farm
Shamrock Acres
Sunrise View Farm
Thomas Farm, site of the Farrar Distillery