[2] The brief details of the Blackburnshire hundred in the Domesday survey, mention Huncoat with King Edward holding two carucates of land here.

Before 1930, the company had linked its Calder and Scaitcliffe Collieries to Huncoat underground and it wound the coal from all three pits.

[5] The coal-fired Huncoat Power Station was located at the eastern end of the village, off Altham Lane and operated from 1952 to 1984.

Huncoat United has many teams playing in the Accrington and District JFL (ADJFL), East Lancashire Football Alliance (ELFA), North Bury JFL (NBJFL), Bolton & Bury DFL (BBDFL), West Lancs Girls FL (WLGFL) and North Valley & Burnley Unity Youth League (NVBUYL).

The club also runs a turn up and play Mini-League every Saturday morning for boys and girls aged 5–9.