Echols (Ky.)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Echols (Ky.)
Coordinates
-86.9642 -86.9642 37.3336 37.3336 (gooearth )
W0865751 W0865751 N0372001 N0372001 (geonames )
Associated country
United States
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 134979405
Wikidata: Q14690354
Library of congress: n 88218046
Sources of Information
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 37°20ʹ01ʺN 086°57ʹ51ʺW)
  • Smith, S.W. History of Rockport and Echols, Ohio County, Kentucky, c1988.
  • Rand McNally, 1985(Echols, Ohio [County], Ky.)

Wikipedia description:

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.

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