Hopkins Hollow Village is an

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along Hopkins Hollow Road, Narrow Lane, and Perry Hill Road in

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, and

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. The village features

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and

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architecture. The Hopkins Hollow Church, built circa 1850 in a

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, is located within the village adjacent to the Hopkins Hollow cemetery. The village was added to the

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in 2010.Andrew D. Boisvert, "Coventry Roots: Hopkins Hollow" Coventry Patch, June 10, 2011 http://coventry.patch.com/articles/coventry-roots-hopkins-hollow

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