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Place Name
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Coffey County
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Pronunciation
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KAW-fee
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Burlington
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Population
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8,404 (1990)
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Location
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Kansas, United States, North America
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Latitude
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38°14'N
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Longitude
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95°43'W
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Coffey
(KAW-fee), county (
654 sq mi/1,694 sq km; 1990 pop.
8,404), E Kansas;  Burlington; 38°14'N 95°43'W. Rolling
plains area, drained by Neosho R. Cattle, poultry; corn, wheat,
sorghum, soybeans, hay, grain. Wolf Creek nuclear power plant (initial
criticality May 22, 1985) is 3.5 mi/5.6 km NE
of Burlington, uses cooling water from the Wolf Creek Cooling L., and
has a max. dependable capacity of 1,135 MWe. Large John Redmond
Reservoir, surrounded by Flint Hills Natl. Wildlife Refuge, in NW
¼ of co. Formed 1859.
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