The story
Read it all →How Hebron came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Hebron.
On September 8, 2022, Hebron withdrew from Union Township, forming a coextensive paper township named Hebron Township.
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History · Hebron
Hebron’s post office opened in 1826, and 23% of its homes were built before 1940
More historic than 64% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Below: old-book passages.
1826first post office
0on the National Register
23%homes built before 1940
1famous people
Quick answers
How Hebron began
When was Hebron founded?
1826
The Hebron post office opened in 1826, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Licking Summit (1825), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 2,326200 years
How historic is Hebron?
B
What drives the grade ↓More historic than 64% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Hebron post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Hebron’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Hebron is more historic than 64% of U.S. towns. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
B
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Hebron’s overall grade.
Founding era1826, from the first post office: founded 1776–1849, an older era than 75% of U.S. townsA−Homes built before 194022.8% of homes (±6.4) · typical OH town 14.5% · U.S. 8.4%B+National RegisterNo listings counted · typical OH town 2.9 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 64%
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Ohio towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Ohio town has 2.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Hebron’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (23% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to A−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.4 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Hebron’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Hebron’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hebron’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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Hebron, 1825 to 1868
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Hebron, 1881–1909
Passages that mention Hebron, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Licking County, Ohio1881 · page 597Read the page →
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Hebron, its principal town, and situated at the crossing of the canal and National road, was once a fine business point, and, in the days of its glory, the largest and best grain and pork market in the county, if not in the Licking valley. But since the men that made it such have passed away, and railroad facilities have attracted the commerce to other points, Hebron has lost its prestige as a commercial point, and, with it, much of its moral and religious enterprise. The towns of Moscow and Lu-
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Centennial History of the City of Newark and Licking County Ohio1909Read the page →
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Charles Aaron Pence has been spoken of as the most popular man in the town of Hebron. This is due to the fact that in the midst of a very busy life he has always found time for those courtesies which are so agreeable to the recipient from the fact that they are the external indication of a kindly spirit and unfeigned interest. Mr. Pence occupies a position in the foremost rank of business men, controlling extensive and important interests. Tireless energy, keen perception and a genius for devising and executing the right thing at the right time, joined to everyday common sense, are his chief characteristics and have constituted the basis
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Centennial History of the City of Newark and Licking County Ohio1909Read the page →
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Herkimer county. New York, where they were born on April 2, 1802, and Mav 13, 1806, respectively. There they were united in marriage. In November, 1832, they went to Akron, Ohio, where they remained for a short period and then located in Hebron, Ohio, where they owned property which they subsequently traded for a farm in Union township, on which they spent the remainder of their lives. He was a merchant and conducted a store while a resident of Hebron but, upon Digitized by CjOOQle
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History of Licking County, Ohio1881 · page 318Read the page →
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Lieutenant Jehiie T. Wintrode, of Hebron, was commissioned first lieutenant of company G January 7, 1862, and promoted to captain March 10, 1864. He was appointed major July 13, 1865, but declined the commission. A gallant officer, and beloved by his men, he served until the regiment was mustered out.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
By decade
Hebron, decade by decade
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2004Places that used to be
Lost post offices and burying grounds
Hebron’s post office has been open since 1826. Another post office, Licking Summit, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Licking Summit
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1cemetery inside Hebron
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Hebron’s history
What year was Hebron founded?
The Hebron post office opened in 1826, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Hebron rank for history?
Hebron is more historic than 64% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Hebron?
23% of Hebron’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.4 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1967.
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Sources
Where this page comes from
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From Wikimedia Commons (6), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.