Coffee County is located in the southeastern area of Alabama.
The first county courthouse at Wellborn was destroyed by fire in 1851. An election authorized by the legislature in 1852, placed the new location of the county seat at Bentonville, where Elba is now located. Enterprise is the county seat annex, boasting a beautiful new courthouse, as of 1999. Other towns and communities within Coffee County include Asbury, Battens Crossroads, Goodman, Kinston, and New Brockton. The area of the county is 680 square miles with a 1992 population of 41,169.