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Echols, Kentucky

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Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States

Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States
Echols
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 37°20′1″N 86°57′51″W / 37.33361°N 86.96417°W / 37.33361; -86.96417
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyOhio
Elevation531 ft (162 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID507905

Echols is an unincorporated community and coal town located in Ohio County, Kentucky, United States. It was also known as Pink Hall.

The town extends north from Paradise, and also north from the Peabody Wildlife Management which used to be coal mines.

Echols was established as a coal town in 1874 and named for the mine owner.

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Echols, Kentucky
  2. Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 89. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
Municipalities and communities of Ohio County, Kentucky, United States
County seat: Hartford
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