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==History== Coffee County was created by an act of the [[Georgia General Assembly]] on February 9, 1854, from portions of [[Clinch County, Georgia|Clinch]], [[Irwin County, Georgia|Irwin]], [[Telfair County, Georgia|Telfair]], and [[Ware County, Georgia|Ware]] counties. These lands were originally [[Cession|ceded]] by the [[Creek people|Creek]] in the [[Treaty of Fort Jackson]] in (1814) and the [[Treaty of the Creek Agency (1818)]] and apportioned to the above counties before becoming Coffee County. [[Berrien County, Georgia|Berrien]] (1856), [[Jeff Davis County, Georgia|Jeff Davis]] (1905), and [[Atkinson County, Georgia|Atkinson]] (1917) counties were subsequently formed from sections of Coffee County. The county is named for [[General]] [[John E. Coffee]], a state legislator and a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA86 | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=86}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/c.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030710215157/http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/c.pdf |archive-date=July 10, 2003 |url-status=live | title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=47 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref> Coffee County Correctional Facility is located in [[Nicholls, Georgia]]. It is privately owned and operated by [[CoreCivic]], the largest prison company in the nation. Many of the early settlers of what is now Coffee County are buried in historic cemeteries across the region, including the cemetery at Lone Hill United Methodist Church—located at 6833 Broxton-West Green Highway, some 10 miles northeast of [[Douglas, Georgia|Douglas]]. The church and its cemetery date to the 1840s, with the earliest marked grave dated 1848. A majestic [[Eastern Redcedar]] has graced the cemetery for generations and is recognized as the nation's largest of this species through [[National Register of Big Trees|American Forests’ Champion Trees program]]. (see:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.americanforests.org/BigTrees |title=Big Trees |website=American Forests |access-date=April 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807144306/http://www.americanforests.org/our-programs/bigtree/ |archive-date=August 7, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>) In July 2018 the tree was recognized as 2018's Great American Tree by American Grove. (See:<ref>{{cite web|title=Announcing 2018's Great American Tree|website=American Grove|url=http://thegrove.americangrove.org/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706022129/http://thegrove.americangrove.org/|archive-date=July 6, 2018}}</ref>) Having been nominated by Mark McClellan of the [[Georgia Forestry Commission]], the tree has been featured in such publications as the [[Smithsonian Magazine]] and Janisse Ray's Wild Card Quilt. The circumference of the tree exceeds 20 feet. {{Further|Georgia election racketeering prosecution#Coffee County election equipment breach}}
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