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Coffeyville is the most populous city in Montgomery County, Kansas — though the county seat is Independence — sitting on the west bank of the Verdigris River about half a mile north of the Oklahoma state line.

Coffeyville was founded in 1869 as an Indian trading post by Colonel James A. Coffey, serving customers across the border in what was then Indian Territory.

The town's name was settled by a coin toss between Colonel Coffey and U.S. Army Captain Napoleon B. Blanton, the young surveyor sent to lay out the town; Coffey won the toss.

The Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston Railroad made Coffeyville a stop in 1871, and the city was incorporated in 1872 — a charter later voided as illegal — and re-incorporated in March 1873.

On October 5, 1892, Coffeyville became famous when its citizens shot it out with the Dalton Gang during the gang's attempt to rob the First National and Condon banks at the same time; four gang members and four townspeople, including Marshal Charles T. Connelly, were killed.

Emmett Dalton survived 23 gunshot wounds in the Coffeyville raid and served 14 years in prison; the town still commemorates the Dalton Raid every October, and the Dalton Defenders Museum preserves the story.

Fueled by plentiful natural gas and abundant clay, Coffeyville's population expanded sixfold from 1890 to 1910, and the city became one of the largest glass and brick manufacturing centers in the nation.

The 2020 census counted 8,826 people in Coffeyville, in 3,587 households — down sharply from a peak of more than 17,000 residents around 1960 as oil and industry jobs faded.

At 679 feet above sea level, Coffeyville is the location of the lowest point in the state of Kansas.

A spot just north of the Coffeyville Country Club is the default center point shown when Google Maps opens its map of the 48 contiguous United States.