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Hebron, pronounced HEE-brun, is a village in Licking County, Ohio, at the crossroads of U.S. Route 40 - the old National Road - and State Route 79.

Hebron was laid out in 1827 by John Smith, the sixth town laid out in Licking County, and the village calls itself the 'Historic Crossroads of Ohio.'

Hebron became an important link in the Ohio Canal system, and with the canal, the Central Ohio Railroad and the National Road, the area became the shipping capital for grain and pork for the whole Licking River Valley.

The 1830 census counted just 84 people in Hebron, but by 1840 the canal-era village had jumped to 473 residents.

A disastrous fire at the turn of the 20th century destroyed most of Hebron's business district and bankrupted many villagers.

For the nation's Bicentennial in 1976, Hebron developed Canal Park in the center of the village to celebrate its canal heritage.

On September 8, 2022, Hebron withdrew from Union Township and formed its own coextensive paper township, named Hebron Township.

Hebron's population was 2,326 at the 2020 census, nearly flat from 2,336 in 2010, when the census counted 979 households in the village.

The village covers 3.07 square miles, all of it land.

Hebron is served by the Lakewood Local School District - the village's first schoolhouse went up on North Street in 1849 - and today its industrial park is home to more than 50 businesses.