![]() The village first thrived as a transshipping point for grain and pork and a producer of lumber and spirits during the nineteenth-century height of the Canal and National Road. ![]() Hebron, incorporated in 1835, was a popular center for business and industry, and it grew rapidly. ![]() The village of Hebron was founded in 1827 by John Smith to capitalize on an important confluence of two milestones in transportation that would meet in the settlement: the Ohio and Erie Canal (1828) and the National Road, or the Old Pike (1835). ![]() Explore the stories and sites of Hebron, "Historic Crossroads of Ohio," with this tour designed by the Hebron Historical Society in partnership with Licking County Library. ![]()
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