Coats Bend, Alabama

About Coats Bend

Coats Bend is a small unincorporated community in northeastern Alabama.

Coats Bend holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 8.55 square miles.

📰 Coats Bend News Today

• Man, woman found shot to death in small Etowah County community of Coats Bend WBRC · Sep 7
• David Morris Obituary - Gadsden, AL Dignity Memorial · Jun 3
• Man and woman found shot dead during a welfare check at Etowah County home AL.com · Sep 8
• Man and woman found dead in Etowah County identified WBMA · Sep 7
• Jason Harmony Obituary - Gadsden, AL Dignity Memorial · Aug 7

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What Makes Coats Bend Unique

• The only place in America named Coats Bend — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in northeastern Alabama, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 6 miles.

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