Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Hebron (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Hebron. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Hebron is located in Porter County.
To see how the shape of Indiana's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Porter County: Cook (IL), Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Starke & Berrien (MI).
Below are the counties that are near Hebron. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hebron:
- Porter County (The home county of Hebron)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hebron, with the one closest to Hebron listed first.
- Aylesworth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Aylesworth is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aylesworth
- Boone Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Boone Grove is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone Grove
- Porter Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Porter Crossroads is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Crossroads
- Kouts
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Wheeler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Wheeler is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Valparaiso
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- South Haven
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- South Haven is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Haven
- Babcock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Babcock is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babcock
- Portage
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Willow Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Willow Creek is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Woodland Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Woodland Village is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
- Suman
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Suman is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suman
- Tratebas Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tratebas Mill is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tratebas Mill
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hebron, with the one closest to Hebron listed first.
- DeMotte
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- DeMotte is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeMotte
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,172 people
- DeMotte has also been known as:
- De Motte
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for DeMotte <1>
- Forest City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Forest City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Stoutsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stoutsburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoutsburg
- Wheatfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Virgie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Virgie is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgie
- Tefft
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tefft is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tefft
- Fair Oaks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Gifford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gifford is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gifford
- Rensselaer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Collegeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Collegeville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collegeville
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hebron, with the one closest to Hebron listed first.
- Leroy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Leroy is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
- Dinwiddie
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dinwiddie is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinwiddie
- Lakes of the Four Seasons
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Winfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Winfield is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,265 people
- Deep River
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Deep River is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River
- Crown Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Dalecarlia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lake Dalecarlia is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Dalecarlia
- Shelby
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shelby is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
- Lowell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Green Acres
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Green Acres is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Merrillville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lincoln Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln Village is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- LaPorte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hebron, with the one closest to Hebron listed first.
- La Crosse
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Wanatah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Haskell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Haskell is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskell
- Alida
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Alida is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alida
- Westville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hanna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Otis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Otis is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis
- Union Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Holmesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Holmesville is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmesville
- Door Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Door Village is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Door Village
- Kingsford Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kingsford Heights is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsford Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,379 people
- Kingsbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kingsbury is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
- Michigan City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hebron, with the one closest to Hebron listed first.
- Thayer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Thayer is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer
- Roselawn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Roselawn is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselawn
- Sumava Resorts
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
- Mount Ayr
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Ayr is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ayr
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Morocco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Beaver City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hebron, with the one closest to Hebron listed first.
- Medaryville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Denham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Denham is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham
- Francesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Starke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hebron, with the one closest to Hebron listed first.
- San Pierre
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- North Judson
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Toto
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Toto is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toto
- Aldine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Aldine is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldine
- Knox
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cook County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hebron, with the one closest to Hebron listed first.
- Lynwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sauk Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ford Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lansing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Chicago Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Chicago Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Chicago Heights is located in Cook County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Chicago Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,957 people
- Calumet City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Glenwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Globe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Globe is located in Cook County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Park Forest
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Thornton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Burnham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Burnham is located in Cook County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,040 people
- Hegewisch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hegewisch is located in Cook County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hegewisch
- Kankakee County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hebron, with the one closest to Hebron listed first.
- Sherburnville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sherburnville is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherburnville
- Illinoi
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Illinoi is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinoi
- Illiana Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Illiana Heights is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illiana Heights
- Litchfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Litchfield is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield
- Grant Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Grant Park is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,231 people
- Momence
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hopkins Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hopkins Park is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkins Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 608 people
- Hopkins Park has also been known as:
- Hopkins Park village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hopkins Park <1>
- Sun River Terrace
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sun River Terrace is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun River Terrace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people
- Will County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hebron, with the one closest to Hebron listed first.
- Willowbrook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Beecher
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Crete
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Goodenow
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Goodenow is located in Will County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodenow
- Steger
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- University Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Monee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Peotone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hebron, see our County-by-County Page for Hebron.
Cemeteries Near Hebron ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hebron.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Hebron - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hebron covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hebron, with the one closest to Hebron listed first.
- Hebron Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cornell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Merriman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Shurr Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Plum Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ludington Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Frame Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Orchard Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Deer Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Graceland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hopewell Mennonite Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Guernsey Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (195 more) ...
- DeMotte Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fleming Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Holland Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Hebron had a population of 689 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Hebron had a population of 3,669 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hebron, with the one closest to Hebron listed first.
- Hurlburt
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hurlburt is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurlburt
- Aylesworth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Aylesworth is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aylesworth
- Boone Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Boone Grove is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone Grove
- Leroy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Leroy is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
- Palmer
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Palmer is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
- Winfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Winfield is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,265 people
- Orchard Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Orchard Grove is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Grove
- DeMotte
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- DeMotte is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeMotte
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,172 people
- DeMotte has also been known as:
- De Motte
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for DeMotte <1>
- Forest City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Forest City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Kouts
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Stoutsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stoutsburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoutsburg
- Crown Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Deep River
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Deep River is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River
- Lowell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Shelby
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shelby is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hebron. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hebron.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Hebron ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hebron.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Hebron. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Hebron and those printed in the larger area surrounding Hebron.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4> of Hebron.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Hebron:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Porter County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Jasper County
- Lake County
- LaPorte County
- Newton County
- Pulaski County
- Starke County
- Cook County
- Kankakee County
- Will County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Indiana
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Hebron, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hebron) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |