Echols, Kentucky

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

Echols
Echols
Location within the state of Kentucky
Echols
Echols (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°20′1″N 86°57′51″W
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyOhio
Elevation
531 ft (162 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID507905[1]

Echols was established as a coal town in 1874 and named for the mine owner.[2]

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 2013-04-28.



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