Coffeyville, Kansas Coffeyville, Kansas Location inside Montgomery County and Kansas Location inside Montgomery County and Kansas State Kansas Coffeyville is a town/city in southeastern Montgomery County, Kansas, United States, positioned along the Verdigris River in the state's southeastern region. As of the 2010 census, the town/city population was 10,295. It is the most crowded city of Montgomery County and with its southeast Kansas locale is positioned in the Tulsa, Oklahoma media market.
The town of South Coffeyville, Oklahoma is positioned approximately 1 mile south of the city, existing as a separate political entity immediately south of the state line.
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The town/city was first incorporated in 1872, but the charter was voided as illegal, and the town/city was re-incorporated in March 1873. As a frontier settlement, Coffeyville had its share of violence.
After the discernment of its resources of plentiful natural gas and abundant clay, Coffeyville appreciateed rapid expansion from 1890 to 1910, as its populace period sixfold.
Coffeyville industrialist Douglas Brown established Coffeyville Multiscope, which produced components of the Norden bombsight.
In 1930 inhabitants in Coffeyville organized a Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS) Sunday School; it was one of only 11 places in Kansas to have such a facility then. On July 1, 2007, Coffeyville suffered a primary flood when the Verdigris River crested at 10 feet above flood stage and flooded approximately a third of the city.
The flood topped the small-town refinery (Coffeyville Resources LLC) levees by 4 feet, allowing petroleum to pollute the water.
Approximately 1700 barrels (71,000 gallons) of crude petroleum mingled with the already contaminated flood waters. The EPA worked to prevent the petroleum and flood water mix from closing downriver, where it could damage the water in Oologah Lake near Oologah, Oklahoma.
A minimal amount of petroleum reached Oolagah Lake, and it did not pose a threat to the water supplies of other metros/cities along the Verdigris River or from the lake.
By July 2, areas east of Patterson Street were off limits, and a curfew was enacted in other areas of the city.
On July 3, the town/city lost its supply of potable water, but the water service was restored and the order to boil water rescinded on July 7.
Bush declared the town/city a federal disaster area.
The flooded region on the city's east side was reopened on July 11 for inhabitants and company owners to begin assessing damage and to retrieve salvageable items. The Verdigris River at Coffeyville, 2006 In order to focus on the post-flood recovery and clean-up, the town/city and state cancelled the 2007 Inter-State Fair & Rodeo. The ongoing flood recovery encompassed a wholesale surroundingal remediation of the flood-affected easterly portion of the city, which continued through late 2008 to early 2009.
Many of the flood-damaged homes were purchased by Coffeyville Resources LLC as a part of its accomplishment to compensate the homeowners affected by the petroleum spill. Coffeyville is positioned in the southeast corner of Kansas, about 75 miles (121 km) north of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and 60 miles (97 km) west of Joplin, Missouri.
The town/city is situated about one-half mile north of the Oklahoma state line at 37 2 16 N 95 37 35 W (37.037708, -95.626438), along the west bank of the Verdigris River.
The town/city is the locale of the lowest point in the state of Kansas at 679 feet (207 m) above sea level.
Coffeyville Municipal Airport is a several miles northeast of the town/city along US-169.
Although Coffeyville is the biggest city in Montgomery County, the governmental center of county is Independence, 16 miles (26 km) northwest of the city.
Coffeyville, specifically a spot just north of Coffeyville Country Club, is the default center starting point of Google Maps, being the accidental center point of the default starting map being displayed, which shows the 48 adjoining United States. (Lawrence, Kansas also claims to be the Google center).
Other locations that are considered to be the geographic center of the adjoining United States are also in Kansas.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 7.43 square miles (19.24 km2), all land. Climate data for Coffeyville, Kansas Coffeyville has experienced a slow and steady populace decline since around 1960, when its populace peaked at more than 17,000.
As of the census of 2010, there were 10,295 citizens , 4,226 homeholds, and 2,456 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 72.3% White, 11.7% African American, 5.0% Native American, 0.7% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 3.3% from other competitions, and 6.8% from two or more competitions.
The median age in the town/city was 37.1 years.
22.6% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 13.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.4% were from 25 to 44; 23.6% were from 45 to 64; and 18.1% were 65 years of age or older.
Enumeration in 2000, there were 11,021 citizens , 4,691 homeholds, and 2,847 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 75.76% White, 12.12% Black or African American, 4.97% Native American, 0.60% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 1.63% from other competitions, and 4.87% from two or more competitions.
In the town/city the populace was spread out with 24.0% under the age of 18, 10.0% from 18 to 24, 23.3% from 25 to 44, 21.3% from 45 to 64, and 21.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $25,542, and the median income for a family was $33,180.
About 10.9% of families and 15.0% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 18.6% of those under age 18 and 10.9% of those age 65 or over.
Coffeyville has a long history as a center of trade and manufacturing. Coffeyville Resources operates a 100,000 barrels per day refinery and a large nitrogen fertilizer plant, using a unique Texaco process of ammonia extraction from coke byproducts produced in the refinery.
Coffeyville is also home to John Deere Corporation's Coffeyville Works, which is a primary manufacturer of off-road equipment automatic transmissions for the construction, agriculture and quarrying industries. Acme Foundry is a foundry that has been in operation since 1905 and employs more than 300 citizens . Coffeyville is home to a fulfillment center leased since 1999 by online retailer Amazon.com. It was opened in a facility previously directed by Golden Books. After more than a decade of operations here, Amazon announced that it would close this warehouse in February 2015, because it was shifting to warehouses positioned closer to large cities. Public education is provided by the Coffeyville School District (USD 445).
Advanced education is provided by Coffeyville Community College at three campuses.
The chief campus and technical trades ground are each positioned in Coffeyville, while a third ground is positioned in Columbus, Kansas.
Four-year college degrees are offered by Oklahoma Wesleyan University, Friends University and Sterling College at the chief Coffeyville Community College campus. Coffeyville Community College has a long history of academic and athletic success. Bus service is provided northward towards Kansas City, Missouri and southward towards Tulsa, Oklahoma by Jefferson Lines (subcontractor of Greyhound Lines). Coffeyville and encircling communities are also served by Connections Transportation which has its command posts in close-by Independence, Kansas.
Coffeyville has two barns s that serve the community, Union Pacific and a short line barns SKO and WATCO.
Coffeyville is served by two US highways, US 166 which runs east-west from where the highway enters from the east at the Verdigris River bridge on Northeast Street to Eleventh Street, and exits to the west at the Union Pacific Railroad viaduct on Eighth Street.
US 169 which is a north-south highway, enters from the east at the Verdigris River bridge on Northeast Street to Eleventh Street, then turns left just past the SKO-WATCO barns overpass onto Walnut Street and continues south on Walnut Street and exits the town/city and continues south towards Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The Coffeyville Journal is the small-town newspaper, presented twice a week. One AM and three FM airways broadcasts are licensed to and/or broadcast from Coffeyville.
KGGF (AM) broadcasts on 690 AM, playing a News/Talk format. KUSN, a Country station, is licensed to Dearing, Kansas, but broadcasts from Coffeyville on 98.1 FM.
KGGF-FM, licensed to Fredonia, Kansas, broadcasts an Oldies format from Coffeyville on 104.1 FM. KQQF is licensed to Coffeyville and broadcasts on 98.9 FM. Coffeyville is in the Tulsa, Oklahoma tv market. Coffeyville is mentioned in the song "Doolin Dalton" by The Eagles from their 1973 album, Desperado.
In the 2002 movie, Reign of Fire character Denton Van Zan (Matthew Mc - Conaughey) refers to Coffeyville when describing his moment of realizing how to kill dragons in the movie.
Coffeyville is a featured locale in the 2009 video game Call of Juarez : Bound in Blood, and its successor Call of Juarez: Gunslinger.
See also: List of Coffeyville Community College citizens Notable individuals who were born in and/or have lived in Coffeyville include: a b c d e f Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) details for Coffeyville, Kansas; United States Geological Survey (USGS); October 13, 1978.
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Kristine Crispel's horse farm outside Coffeyville has the distinct ion of being the center of the world as stated to Google.
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