Coalfield is an

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and

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(CDP) in Morgan County,

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, 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.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

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and Oliver Springs on

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. To the west are

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and the community of Joyner, Tennessee.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the

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, 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 Sidney Charles Hudson (January 3, 1915 – October 10, 2008) was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Washington Senators (1940–42, 1946–52) and Boston Red Sox (1952–54) who had a lengthy post-playing career as a ...

, baseball player and coach, was a native of Coalfield.

References

External links

Coalfield School official site
{{authority control Census-designated places in Tennessee Coal towns in Tennessee Unincorporated communities in Tennessee Census-designated places in Morgan County, Tennessee