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Welcome to Hebron ...So far, we found very little information about Hebron. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Hebron to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hebron, please Contact Us. Hebron would have been located within present day Calhoun County<2>. We aren't confident of the location of Hebron, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Hebron, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884. While the community is gone, the present day location for Hebron is 550 feet [168 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Hebron was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Hebron (for example, toward Tallapoosa (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). The location where Hebron once stood is in the (256) & (938)<5> area codes. Communities Also Named Hebron ...While we believe that this Hebron is located in Calhoun County, we know of another 3 Alabama communities named Hebron. Those communities are located in the following counties: Bibb, Henry and Marshall County. Beyond Alabama, there are 56 communities that are also named Hebron - they are located in Arkansas (2), California, Colorado (2), Connecticut, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Mississippi (5), Missouri (3), Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina (2), North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Pennsylvania (2), Prince Edward Island, South Carolina (3), Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia (3), West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hebron. Communities near Hebron ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hebron.
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 Hebron. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hebron. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hebron. 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 Hebron. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hebron. See our Newspapers Page for Hebron. Adding Hebron to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Hebron 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 for Hebron was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> We also found Hebron in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Hebron. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Calhoun County: www.calhouncounty.org/ The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/ Footnotes ...
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