Do you know of Coffin ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Coffin. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Coffin.<1>

Our sources for Coffin (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Coffin other than they indicate that Coffin would be found somewhere in Knox County, Tennessee.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1886 and closed  in 1886.

Communities Also Named Coffin ...

We found one communities that share the name Coffin.

Within Tennessee, the name Coffin is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, there is another community also named Coffin in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Nevada
    • Lyon County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Coffin [Lyon County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Coffin ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Coffin:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Rand McNally Map of Tennessee (1888)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Knox County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Knox County.