Do you know of Hecla ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Hecla. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Hecla.<1>

We found mention of Hecla as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

Communities Also Named Hecla ...

We found twelve communities that share the name Hecla.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Hecla.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Schuylkill County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Hecla [Schuylkill County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
  - Yavapai County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Hecla [Yavapai County].
- Indiana
  - Whitley County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Hecla [Whitley County].
- Kansas
  - Anderson County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Hecla [Anderson County].
- Kentucky
  - Hopkins County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Hecla [Hopkins County].
- Manitoba
  - Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Hecla.
- Missouri
  - Linn County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Hecla [Linn County].
- Montana
  - Beaverhead County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Hecla [Beaverhead County].
- New York
  - Oneida County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Hecla [Oneida County].
- Ohio
  - Lawrence County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Hecla [Lawrence County].
- South Dakota
  - Brown County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Hecla [Brown County].
- Wyoming
  - Laramie County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Hecla [Laramie County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Hecla ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Hecla:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Hecla - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Hecla.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 42/33560 (Place Name: Hecla)

County: Westmoreland (FIPS State/County: 42/129)

Class: X3

More Orphans in Westmoreland County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Westmoreland County.

Adams Hill
Amyville	Macbeth
Apollo	Mannitto Haven
Aqueduct	Manor Dale
Ashbaugh	Manor Station
	Marchands
Bethany	McGrews
Biddle	McKain
Bottsville	McMahon
Boucher	Meadow Mill
Boyle	Merwin
Branch Junction	Millville
Branch	Mocking Bird Hill
Breinizer	Moline

Calumet - Norvelt	New Salem
Cedar Creek	Nineveh
Chambers	North Huntingdon
Charleroi	North Webster
Cooksville	Northwest
Country Hills	Norwin Heights
County Junction
Cowans	Oakford Park
Crag Dell	Old Meadow
Creek	Overton
Cribb
Crisp	Park Meadows
	Park
Deronda	Penn Station
Derry Station	Penns Woods
Duffs	Perrysville
	Port Palmer
East Greensburgh	Pucketas
Edlepark	Puebla
Eisaman
Elrico	Ridgeview Park
Emma	Ridgeview
	Roaring Run
Fairfield	Robbins Station
Fairmont	Rostraver
Feree	Ruffsdale
Fort Palmer	Rumbaugh
Fosterville
Foxdale	Saint Vincent
	Sand Hill
Geary	Saunders
Glencairn	Seneca Valley
Goff	Sewickley
Green Lick	Shaners Crossroads
Griffin	Shaulis
	Sheppler
Hampshire Heights	Shoup
Harford Heights	Sinclair
Haser	Sloan
Hendricksville	Snyder
Hoggs	Somers
Huff	Southerwood
Huntingdon Heights	Spring Garden
	Stauffer
Ingleside	Stewart's Station
	Stoners
Jack's Island	Suter
	Swedetown
Keffe	Sweeney Plan
Keffer
Kensington	Target
Kim Plan	Tarr
Kirtland	Townsend
Klondike	Trouts Crossing

Lacolle	Verona
Larimer's Station
Lash	Waltz
Laurel Mount Boro	Weaver Mill
Leechburgh Station	Wegley
Leuffer	Welty
Lippencott	West Apollo
Lockport Station	West Jeannette
Long Bridge	West Sewickley
Lose	West Side
Lucesco	Wilco Hill
Lusk	Willow Springs
Lynnwood - Pricedale	Winthrop
Lyons Run Mine	Woodlawn

Footnotes ...

<1>

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

<2>

If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Hecla could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.