Welcome to Hecla ...So far, we found very little information about Hecla. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Hecla to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hecla, please Contact Us. Hecla would have been located within present day Laramie County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Hecla, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888. While the community is gone, the present day location for Hecla is 6,750 feet [2,057 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Hecla is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Hecla was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Hecla was located: 307 Communities Also Named Hecla ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Hecla - they are located in Arizona, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Manitoba, Missouri, Montana, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania (2) and South Dakota. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hecla. Communities near Hecla ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hecla.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Hecla. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hecla. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hecla. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hecla. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hecla. See our Newspapers Page for Hecla. Adding Hecla to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Hecla in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Hecla was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Hecla. Footnotes ...
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