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Hecla, Missouri

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Hecla is an unincorporated community in northwest Linn County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1]

The community is on Missouri Route 139 ten miles north of Meadville and seven miles west of Purdin. Parson Creek flows past one half mile to the east. [2]

History

A post office called Hecla was established in 1894, and remained in operation until 1906. [3] The name may be a transfer from Hekla, a volcano in Iceland. [4]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hecla, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 22 ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 29, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Linn County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 29, 2016.

39°56′23″N93°18′15″W / 39.93972°N 93.30417°W / 39.93972; -93.30417

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