The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Coffey (Kansas)

COFFEY, a S.E. county of Kansas, intersected by the Neosho river; area, 576 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 6,201. The Missouri, Kansas, and Texas railroad crosses it. The chief productions in 1870 were 47,745 bushels of wheat, 268,218 of Indian corn, 90,190 of oats, 26,879 of potatoes. 14,275 tons of hay, 140,602 Ibs. of butter, and 36,702 of wool. There were 2,762 horses, 3,459 milch cows, 6,247 other cattle, 11,917 sheep, and 2,855 swine; 5 manufactories of carriages and wagons, 3 of saddlery and harness, 1 of woollen goods, 2 flour mills, and 7" saw mills. Capital, Burlington.