Hebron Historical

Hebron Historical (HM1U7H)

Location: Hebron, OH 43025 Licking County
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 57.615', W 82° 30.25'

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The Historic National Road in Ohio

—Transportation Crossroad —

Where the Water Met the Road
While the citizens of St. Clairsville, in eastern Ohio, celebrated the groundbreaking for the National Road on July 4, 1825, construction began on the Ohio & Erie Canal on the same day at Licking Summit (now Heath, Licking County), Just south of Licking Summit, the National Road and the Canal were to intersect. A group of investors, recognizing the importance of the site, purchased land for the new town of Hebron. By the fall of 1825 the businessmen began advertising the sale of town lots. The National Road was completed to Hebron in 1832. Within a year, the community consisted of about twenty houses, five stores, and numerous industries including tanneries, sawmills, warehouses, and distilleries.
Few communities in the nation could boast of being the home of two such important corridors of travel and commerce. The Canal carried north-south freight and passenger traffic from 1827 to 1861, while the National Road was a mainstay of east-west transportation for much of the same era. However, by the end of the Civil War, the faster and more efficient railroads put the Road and Canal into decline.

Details

HM Number	HM1U7H
Series	This marker is part of the Ohio and Erie Canal series, and the The Historic National Road series.
Tags	Railroads and Streetcars, Industry and Commerce, Waterways and Vessels, Roads and Vehicles
Year Placed	2010
Placed By	The Ohio National Road Association, Inc
Marker Condition	No reports yet
Date Added	Thursday, September 8th, 2016 at 9:02am PDT -07:00

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UTM (WGS84 Datum)	17S E 371527 N 4424428
Decimal Degrees	39.96025000, -82.50416667
Degrees and Decimal Minutes	N 39° 57.615', W 82° 30.25'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds	39° 57' 36.9" N, 82° 30' 15" W
Driving Directions	Google Maps
Area Code(s)	740
Closest Postal Address	At or near 934 W Main St, Hebron OH 43025, US
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