The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Coffee (Alabama)

II. A S. E. county of Alabama, watered by Pea river; pop. in 1870, 6,171, of whom 1,020 were colored. The former area was 900 sq. m., but portions have been taken to form Crenshaw and Geneva counties. The surface is somewhat hilly, and the soil generally poor. Pine timber grows in great abundance. The chief productions in 1870 were 121,352 bushels of Indian corn, 28,254 of sweet potatoes, 2,004 bales of cotton, 13,098 gallons of molasses, and 8,975 Ibs. of rice. There were 617 horses, 2,142 milch cows, 5,346 other cattle, 4,059 sheep, and 9,433 swine. Capital, Elba.