Caffey is a rural unincorporated community west of Michie, Tennessee in McNairy County, Tennessee, United States. Caffey is sometimes referred to as the community of New Hope after New Hope road and church.
Caffey is named after R.W. Caffey, a local Justice of Peace, administrator and land owner in the 5th Civil District of McNairy County.
The early years of settlement in Caffey likely revolved around agriculture. The area also had a local carpenter by 1862.
R.W. Caffey married Lina Farris Chambers before 1861. Lina and Caffey shared John Chambers' vast acreage that was deeded to his widowed partner. The estate dispute led to a lawsuit in 1867 between the Farris-Chambers families over 2,395 acres belonging to their heirs across the 5th and 9th Civil Districts. However, after over a decade of trials and hearings, R.W. Caffey won a majority of the settlement by an agreement in 1880.
By 1901, R.W. Caffey deeded land to the New Hope Church for the construction of the New Hope United Methodist Church building. The first school service was established in 1908.
Caffey is elevated 502 feet (153 m) above sea level. Multiple small unnamed streams run through the area.