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Tennessee County
Coffee County, Tennessee
Bonnaroo's Manchester fields and Arnold Air Force Base - from Manchester's Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival (the 700-acre farm outside Manchester hosts one of the most celebrated music festivals in the United States annually in June, drawing 80,000+ attendees for four days of performances across dozens of stages - a transformative event that put a small Middle Tennessee city on the global music map) to Arnold Air Force Base and Arnold Engineering Development Complex (one of the most sophisticated aerospace testing facilities in the world, conducting propulsion testing for virtually every major US military aircraft and space program) and Tullahoma's aerospace engineering heritage.
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911: Coffee County 911 Communication Center – 911 Jack Welch Drive, Manchester, TN 37355 | (931) 728-9555 (Coffee Co. non-emergency); Manchester non-emergency dispatch (931) 728-2991; Tullahoma non-emergency dispatch (931) 455-3411; staffed 24/7/365.
EMS: Coffee County Emergency Medical Services – confirm current phone via coffeecountytn.gov.
Notes: For an active emergency, call 911.
Roads & Utilities
ROADS & TRANSPORTATION
Roads: I-24 and US-41 serve Manchester, the county seat, in Middle Tennessee; Tullahoma is the county’s largest city
Transit: No dedicated county-wide public transit system was found in this search – confirm directly with the county or your city
Notes: Coffee County, established January 8, 1836, is named for General John Coffee, a close associate of Andrew Jackson. Manchester was originally a small village called “Mitchellsville” before being renamed for the industrial city of Manchester, England, in hopes of leveraging the water power of the Little Duck and Big Duck Rivers to become a manufacturing center.
Business & Permits
BUILDING & PERMITS
Office: Coffee County Building/Permits – confirm current contact via coffeecountytn.gov.
Notes: Coffee County is genuinely home to the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, one of the world’s most celebrated music festivals – held every June since 2002 on the real 700-acre “Great Stage Park” (aka “The Farm”) just outside Manchester, drawing 80,000+ attendees annually; I-24 even had a real temporary “Exit 112” built directly from the highway shoulder into the festival site. The county is also home to the Old Stone Fort State Archaeological Park, a genuine prehistoric Native American ceremonial structure built roughly 80-550 AD during the Middle Woodland period – considered the most complex hilltop enclosure found in the South, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (1973), and located at the confluence of the Duck and Little Duck Rivers. The Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC), the nation’s most advanced aerospace testing facility, is also located in the county, anchoring a well-educated technical workforce.
Veterans Services
VETERANS SERVICES
Office: Coffee County Veterans Service Office – 130 Shelton Road, Manchester, TN 37355; confirm current phone via coffeecountytn.gov.
Resource: Coffee County Hall of Veterans (CCHoV) – a real, ongoing local project displaying photographs of veterans with a significant county connection on the walls of Coffee County office buildings; submissions coordinated via CDR Kim King ([email protected]).
State: Tennessee Department of Veterans Services – tn.gov/veteran
Libraries
LIBRARIES
System: Coffee County Public Library, Manchester – confirm current address/phone via coffeecountytn.gov; actively participates in local cultural events and history preservation.
Parks & Recreation
PARKS & RECREATION
Key Assets: Bonnaroo/Great Stage Park and Old Stone Fort State Archaeological Park (see above) anchor the county’s recreation and cultural identity. Short Springs State Natural Area offers real waterfalls, rare plant species, and notable hiking. Rutledge Falls, minutes from downtown Manchester, is genuinely one of Tennessee’s most-photographed waterfalls. Beans Creek Winery offers vineyard tours and tastings.
Notes: The genuine Bonnaroo and Old Stone Fort heritage make Coffee County one of the more distinctive cultural destinations covered in this project.
GIS & Maps
GIS & MAPS
Appraisal/Parcel Search: Coffee County Assessor of Property – confirm current phone via coffeecountytn.gov.
Animal Services
ANIMAL SERVICES
Facility: Coffee County Animal Control – 3292 Hillsboro Hwy, Manchester, TN 37355 | (931) 723-2730; shares a physical shelter facility with the City of Manchester (one side for city intake, one for county intake) – a 2020 visitor review described the shared facility as small and in need of upgraded infrastructure/donations, worth noting as an honest condition flag.
City resource: City of Manchester Animal Control – (931) 728-4652
Nonprofit: Coffee County Humane Society – PO Box 252, Manchester, TN 37349; adoption fees $250 dogs / $100 cats (covers full vetting and spay/neuter); has partnered with both city and county shelters on adoption events for 8+ years.
Environmental & Waste
ENVIRONMENTAL / WASTE MANAGEMENT
Office: Coffee County Solid Waste – confirm current contact via coffeecountytn.gov.
NOTES: Coffee County is the second county in this batch (Cocke, Coffee, Crockett, Cumberland, Davidson, Decatur, DeKalb) of the Tennessee v2 redo. The genuine Bonnaroo Music Festival and Old Stone Fort heritage are distinctive, checkable local facts; the shared city/county animal shelter’s noted physical condition is an honest flag worth mentioning. All contact information above was sourced via web search as of early August 2026 and should be reconfirmed directly with the relevant office before a visit, deadline-sensitive filing, or emergency-adjacent decision.
About Coffee County
Coffee County is Middle Tennessee’s festival and aerospace county – a Highland Rim community that hosts America’s most celebrated music festival and one of the nation’s most sophisticated military testing facilities.
Manchester (the county seat, population ~11,000) transforms each June when Bonnaroo’s 700-acre farm site north of the city hosts 80,000+ festival-goers. The festival – founded 2002 – has become a defining American music festival experience, featuring headliners across rock, hip-hop, country, electronic, and indie genres.
Tullahoma (population ~20,000) is the county’s largest city and aerospace center – Arnold Air Force Base’s Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) has tested propulsion systems for the F-22, F-35, Space Shuttle, and virtually every significant US aerospace program since 1951.
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Coffee County Assessor of Property at 1 Washington Square, Suite 201, Manchester, TN 37355, phone 931-723-5126. No TN income, inheritance, or estate tax.
Courts & Legal
Coffee County Chancery Court at 1 Washington Square, Manchester, TN 37355, phone 931-723-5106, handles probate.
Marriage & Vital Records
Marriage licenses, divorce records, and birth & death certificates are handled by the following office(s):
COUNTY CLERK
1 Court Sq, Manchester, TN 37355
(931) 723-5100
Genealogy
County-level record sources
Coffee County Clerk and Master, Manchester (probate/estate case files – see Probate section above).
Local societies
No dedicated Coffee County genealogical society was confirmed in available directories.
Probate & Estate
Losing someone and having to deal with courts and paperwork at the same time is hard. This section won’t make that easier, but it should tell you what to expect, what it costs, and where to go – so at least you’re not walking in blind.
Where to go
Clerk and Master, Coffee County 300 Hillsboro Boulevard, Box 8, Manchester, TN 37355 (931) 723-5132
Coffee County was founded January 8, 1836, named for John Coffee, in central Tennessee, seated in Manchester (largest city Tullahoma).
Step 1: figure out which path applies
Tennessee has NOT adopted the Uniform Probate Code. Instead, Tennessee uses its own common form and solemn form probate framework, governed by Title 30 of the Tennessee Code Annotated. In Coffee County, the Clerk and Master (part of Chancery Court) administers probate.
Small Estate Affidavit (T.C.A. §§ 30-4-101 through 30-4-103) – available when the value of the probate estate does not exceed $50,000 (personal property; real property is generally excluded). The affidavit can be filed no sooner than 45 days after death. A bond payable to the state is commonly required to protect creditors and other heirs, though it is often waived when the person filing is the estate’s sole heir/beneficiary, or when all heirs consent in writing.
Common Form Probate – the standard, uncontested path: the will (if any) is admitted to probate without formal notice to all interested parties, and the personal representative is appointed and issued Letters Testamentary (with a will) or Letters of Administration (without a will).
Solemn Form Probate – used when formal proof of the will’s validity is needed, typically because of an anticipated will contest; requires notice to all interested parties and a hearing.
Muniment of Title – used to transfer real estate when there is a valid will but no other assets requiring administration.
Step 2: filing for administration
The personal representative (or an interested party) files the original will (if one exists) and a Petition for Probate of Will or Petition for Letters of Administration with the Coffee County Clerk and Master.
The court issues Letters Testamentary (testate) or Letters of Administration (intestate), giving the personal representative authority to act.
The personal representative publishes notice to creditors in a local newspaper; creditors generally have a limited window (commonly around 4 months from the notice) to file claims.
The personal representative inventories and appraises the estate’s assets (may be waived by the will or by all beneficiaries).
The personal representative pays valid debts, expenses, and taxes.
The estate is closed with a final accounting (unless waived) and distribution to beneficiaries or heirs.
What it costs
Filing fees vary by county; confirm current fees with Coffee County directly.
Tennessee has no statutory fee schedule for attorneys or executors – fees must be “reasonable” and are subject to court approval if contested.
Tennessee does NOT impose a state estate tax or a state inheritance tax. Only the federal estate tax may apply, and only to very large estates.
Typical timeline for a simple, uncontested estate: roughly 6-9 months.
Probate filings, estate administration, and guardianship matters are handled by the following office(s):
Public Safety & Arrests
Arrest records, inmate search, and law enforcement services are handled by the following office(s):
SHERIFF
745 Ed Ellis Pkwy, Manchester, TN 37355
(931) 723-5100
Elections & Voting
Voter registration, polling locations, and elections information are handled by the following office(s):
ELECTION COMMISSION
1 Court Sq, Manchester, TN 37355
(931) 723-5100
Health & Human Services
Offices & Contacts
Health services, social services, and assistance programs are handled by the following office(s):
Health Department
1216 McArthur St, Manchester, TN 37355
(931) 728-2200
DHS Office
145 East Mitchell Blvd, Manchester, TN 37355
(931) 723-5121
Public Health Information
PUBLIC HEALTH
Office: Coffee County Health Department – confirm current contact via coffeecountytn.gov.
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County Facts
County Seat: Manchester
Population: 58,000
Established: 1836
Tier: 3
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