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Hecla is an unincorporated community located in Hopkins County, Kentucky, United States. It was also called Hechla.

Hecla, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 37°17′6″N 87°31′37″W
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Hopkins
Elevation	413 ft (126 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CST)
GNIS feature ID	493995[1]

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]

References

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hecla, Kentucky
Rennick, Robert M. (1984). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 136. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved 30 November 2020.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Hopkins County, Kentucky, United States
County seat: Madisonville
Cities	Dawson Springs‡ Earlington Hanson Madisonville Mortons Gap Nebo Nortonville St. Charles White Plains	Location of Hopkins County, Kentucky
CDP	Manitou
Other unincorporated communities	Anton Ashbyburg Barnsley Charleston Coiltown Daniel Boone Fiddle Bow Fies Grapevine Hecla Ilsley Sixth Vein
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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