COFFEYVILLE  , a

city of Montgomery county, Kansas, U.S.A., on the Verdigris river, about . 15o m . S. of Topeka and near the et . Coffee . southern boundary of the state . Pop . (1890) 2282; (1900) 4953, of whom 803 were negroes; (19o5) 13,196; (1910) 12,687 . Coffeyville is served by the Missouri Pacific, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, the Missouri, Kansas & Texas, and the Saint Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern railways, and by inter-urban electric railway to Independence . It is in the Kansas natural-gas field, ships large quantities of grain, and has a large zinc oxide smelter and a large oil refinery, and various manufactures, including vitrified brick and tile, flour, lumber, chemicals, window glass, bottles, pottery and straw boards . The municipality owns and operates its water-works and electric lighting plant . Coffeyville, named in honour of A . M .

Coffey, who was a member of the first legislature of the territory of Kansas, was founded in 1869, but in 1871 it was removed about r m. from its

original site, now known as " old town." It was incorporated as a city of the third class in 1872 and received a new charter in 1887 . Coffeyville became a station on the Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston railway (now part of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe), and for several years large numbers of cattle were driven here from Indian Territory and Texas for shipment; in fact, the city's chief importance was as a trade centre for the north part of Indian Territory until natural gas was found here in large quantities in 1892 .