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

Echols
Echols is located in Kentucky
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Location within the state of Kentucky
Echols is located in the United States
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Echols (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°20′1″N 86°57′51″W / 37.33361°N 86.96417°W / 37.33361; -86.96417
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyOhio
Elevation
531 ft (162 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID507905[1]

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.[2]

References

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  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.