Hecla, Kentucky
Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States
Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States
37°17′6″N 87°31′37″W / 37.28500°N 87.52694°W / 37.28500; -87.52694Hecla is an unincorporated community located in Hopkins County, Kentucky, United States. It was also called Hechla.
Hecla began as a company town where the workers of a mine operated by the Hecla Coal and Mining Company lived. The first mine opened there in 1873.[2]
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Municipalities and communities of Hopkins County, Kentucky, United States
County seat: Madisonville
- Dawson Springs‡
- Earlington
- Hanson
- Madisonville
- Mortons Gap
- Nebo
- Nortonville
- St. Charles
- White Plains
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communities
- Anton
- Ashbyburg
- Barnsley
- Charleston
- Coiltown
- Dalton
- Daniel Boone
- Fiddle Bow
- Fies
- Grapevine
- Hecla
- Ilsley
- Richland
- Sixth Vein
- Wicks Well
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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