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History · Hebron Township

Hebron Township’s post office opened in 1837, and 11% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1934 on and the census since 2000.

1837first post office
0on the National Register
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Photo: Adam Moss from East Amherst, New York, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0
Quick answers

How Hebron Township began

When was Hebron Township founded?

1837

The Hebron Township post office opened in 1837, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Hebron (1837), East Hebron (1862) and Coneville (1893), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 622 in 20002020 census: 591189 years
Founding year: the first Hebron Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Hebron Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Hebron Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Hebron Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.Deep rootsA post office since 1837: 189 years of Hebron Township.
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Start Hebron Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hebron Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hebron
1837–1899
East Hebron
1862–1903
Coneville
1893–1922
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
ConevilleHebronHebron Center
Gone or out of use
Greenman Hill SchoolschoolHarvey Schoolschool

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Timeline

Hebron Township, 1837 to 1934

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1837Post officeThe Hebron post office opens
  3. 1862Post officeThe East Hebron post office opens
  4. 1893Post officeThe Coneville post office opens
  5. 1899Post officeThe Hebron post office closes
  6. 20th century
  7. 1903Post officeThe East Hebron post office closes
  8. 1922Post officeThe Coneville post office closes
  9. 1934On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
The story so far

Hebron Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Hebron Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Hebron Township is a township in Potter County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 593 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1837. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 589 in 2010, 591 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Hebron Township, decade by decade

Today6 recent
PA 44 in Hebron Center (3)2022PA 44 in Hebron Center (3)PA 44 in Hebron Center (2)2022PA 44 in Hebron Center (2)PA 44 in Hebron Center (1)2022PA 44 in Hebron Center (1)PA 244 wb approaching PA 442022PA 244 wb approaching PA 44Untitled photo2009Untitled photoMap of Potter County, Pennsylvania Highlighting Hebron Township2008Map of Potter County, Pennsylvania Highlighting Hebro…Map
On the map

Hebron Township on the map, 1934 to 1981

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Hebron Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Hebron Township on the 1934 USGS mapHebron Township on the 1969 USGS mapHebron Township on the 1981 USGS map1934Coudersport sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Hebron Township.

People over time

Hebron Township, census by census

010020030040050060020002020Peak: 622

Between 589 and 622 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Hebron Township’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Hebron Township

Nobody well known was born in Hebron Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Riki LindhomeAmerican actress · b. 1979
George "Gabby" HayesAmerican actor · b. 1885
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Clair Alan BrownEnglish botanist · b. 1903
Fielder JonesAmerican baseball player and coach · b. 1871
Josh KinneyAmerican baseball player · b. 1979
George B. ShawAmerican politician and lumberman · b. 1854
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Allegany TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townClara TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOswayo TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEulalia TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Hebron Township’s history

What year was Hebron Township founded?

The Hebron Township post office opened in 1837, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (6), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.