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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 doctors 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 Morton County.

To see how the shape of North Dakota's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Morton County: Burleigh, Emmons, Grant, Mercer, Oliver, Sioux & Stark.

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:

  • Morton County     (The home county of Hebron)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hebron, with the one closest to Hebron listed first.
    • Glen Ullin
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bluegrass ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluegrass
      • Bluegrass is located in Morton County
    • Sims
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sims have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims
      • Sims is located in Morton County
    • Almont
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • New Salem
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Salem have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
      • New Salem is located in Morton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Salem <1>
  • Dunn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hebron, with the one closest to Hebron listed first.
    • Marshall
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Dodge
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Grant County
    • Johnson Ford ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Johnson Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Ford
      • Johnson Ford is located in Grant County
  • Mercer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hebron, with the one closest to Hebron listed first.
    • Golden Valley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Valley
      • Golden Valley is located in Mercer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Golden Valley <1>
    • Zap
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zap
      • Zap is located in Mercer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zap <1>
    • Beulah
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beulah have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
      • Beulah is located in Mercer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,128 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beulah <1>
  • Stark County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hebron, with the one closest to Hebron listed first.
    • Antelope
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Antelope have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antelope
      • Antelope is located in Stark County
    • Richardton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Taylor
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taylor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
      • Taylor is located in Stark County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylor <1>
    • Gladstone
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gladstone have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
      • Gladstone is located in Stark County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gladstone <1>
    • Lefor
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hebron, see our County-by-County Page for 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 28 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 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> 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 professional and volunteer 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:

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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.

  • St. Ann Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Ann Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Ann Cemetery
  • St. John Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. John Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John Cemetery
  • St. John's Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • St. Clement Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Unruh Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Unruh Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Unruh Cemetery
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
  • Evangelical Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Evangelical Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Richardton.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evangelical Cemetery
  • New Gluecksthal Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Gluecksthal Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Gluecksthal Cemetery
  • Voegele Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Voegele Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Voegele Cemetery
  • Peace Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Peace Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Peace Cemetery
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Cemetery
  • Koehier Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Koehier Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Koehier Cemetery
  • Continue List   (38 more) ...
    • Bluegrass Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bluegrass Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bluegrass Cemetery
    • St. Markus Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Buchmann Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Buchmann Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Buchmann Cemetery

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Hebron had a population of 84 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Hebron had a population of 676 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Hebron, with the one closest to Hebron listed first.

  • Antelope
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Antelope have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antelope
    • Antelope is located in Stark County
  • Glen Ullin
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Richardton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Taylor
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taylor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
    • Taylor is located in Stark County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylor <1>
  • Bluegrass ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluegrass
    • Bluegrass is located in Morton County
  • Gladstone
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gladstone have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
    • Gladstone is located in Stark County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gladstone <1>
  • Sims
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sims have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims
    • Sims is located in Morton County
  • Almont
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • New Salem
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Salem have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
    • New Salem is located in Morton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Salem <1>

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.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hebron. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Morton County: www.co.morton.nd.us/

The official website for State of North Dakota: www.nd.gov/

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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hebron. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.9021, Longitude: -102.0454    
<4>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.
<5>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.




 

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