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Hebron, Indiana

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Boone Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46341. The Survey maps it on the Hebron quadrangle. 3,755 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 709 feet above sea level.

Hebron within Porter County

On record in Hebron

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Hebron grew from 3,724 to 3,755 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20103,724
20203,755+31 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

In the county-history sources

16,545 words on this township

Counties of Porter and Lake, Indiana : Historical and Biographical, published 1882 names this settlement in its chapter on Boone Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

JOHN L. IJAKER was born in Kosciusko County, Ind., and is a son of Philip and Maria Baker, both of whom died in Kosciusko County. He received a common school education of the day, and at the age of seventeen learned the trade of a shoemaker, which he abandoned soon, but again returned to, and has since foUowsd as a life-business. la 1869, he came to Hebron, Porter County, Ind., where he now has a leading shop, most centrally located, and which does as large a business as aay other shop in the town. On the 1st of October, 1874, he was united in marriage to Miss Florence Thomas, a daughter of Eugene Thomas, a farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Baker have a family of two children, both living - Irvin E. and Maud F. Mr. Baker is a member of the order of Free and Accepted Masons. He is a good and worthy citizen.

Passage source: Counties of Porter and Lake, Indiana : Historical and Biographical, published 1882.

J. L. McALPIN is a native of Highland County, Ohio, where he lived until eighteen years of age, his father dying when he was one year old. The advantages being poor, he got but a scant education, being necessitated to work on bis mother's farm, and with whom he came to this State and located in Boone Township in 1844. In 1848, he was married to Miss Sarah Dinwiddie, daughter of Thomas Dinwiddie, farmer. By this union there were born nine children - Mary L., Augusta, Eliza J., Susie I., Emma (deceased), Maggie, John S. (deceased), James P. (deceased) and J. D. Mr. McAlpin commenced on sixty acres, then sold, and purchased his present farm of sixty acres, on which he has since lived. To this he has added until his farm now embraces ninety acres, with twenty acres of timber in the wet lands. This farm is one mile south of Hebron, and fine soil. In 1862, Mrs. McAlpin died, and he was married to his second wife, Miss Mary J. Morrow, by whom he has had seven children - Harry, William, Bernard, Carl, Freddie, Ina and Benjamin (deceased). Mr. and Mrs. McAlpin belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Passage source: Counties of Porter and Lake, Indiana : Historical and Biographical, published 1882.

THOMAS C. SWBNBY, farmer and surveyor, was born August 7, 1807, at Gettysburgh, Penn. His parents died in Ohio. His early education was begun in a log schoolhouse in Adams County, Penn. At the age of eighteen, he began teaching, and at the age of twenty-one was appointed Surveyor of Crawford County, Ohio, which position he filled for ten years. In 1835, he was united in marriage to Margaret Dinwiddle. To this union there were born three children - William E., John M. and H. D. Mrs. Sweney died in 1874. In 1837, he emigrated to Porter County, Ind., locating near Hebron, on Horse Prairie. Mr. Sweney left the prairie in 1875, and divided his property with his children. In the beginning, one had to drive forty miles to a mill, and to Michigan City and Chicago for marketing and produce. The nearest post office was at La Porte, forty miles distant. Mr. Sweney was appointed Surveyor in 1839, and held the office twelve years, during which period he selected the swamp lands of the county. Previous to dividing among his children, he owned 400 acres ; he now owns a fine brick business room, with hall above and basement. Mr. Sweney is a member of the Presbyterian Church, as was also his wife.

Passage source: Counties of Porter and Lake, Indiana : Historical and Biographical, published 1882.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Boone Township - it names this place 28 more 28 times.

Fires near this place

6 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Hebron between 2004 and 2005, burning about 11 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
29 June 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
8 May 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
20 May 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
16 April 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
11 April 2005Recreation and ceremony8.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
29 March 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Porter County

Storms near this place

30 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hebron in 30 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 10 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 3 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2008Flash FloodHebron$1,000,000Basement and street flooding was reported in Valparaiso. Water was waist high in some locations with some roads impassible. Street flooding was also reported in South Haven. Route 2 near the Lake County Line was flooded and closed.
February 2018FloodHebron$155,000Record flooding occurred along the Kankakee River. The river crested at 13.65 feet at Dunns Bridge on February 26th, which was the highest crest on record. Flood stage at Dunns Bridge is 10 feet and major stage is 13 feet. The river crested at 14.46 feet near Kouts on February 26th, which was the second highest crest on record. Flood stage near Kouts is 11 feet and major stage is 14 feet. The flooding damaged culverts and levees near the river.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindHebron$20,000Route 2 from Lake County into Porter County was impassable due to numerous trees and utility poles blown down. As many as 60 trees were either damaged or blown down in Hebron. Trees and structures were damaged along 900S.
June 2011Flash FloodHebron$15,000A car was submerged in flood waters along US 231. Street flooding as well as standing water was reported.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindHebron$1,000Tree limbs were blown onto power lines along with other power lines blown down, near State Road 2 and County Road 900 S.
August 2016Flash FloodHebron$1,000Water over 500W 1000S to the point where the road was closed. Time estimated per radar.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindHebron-A private weather station measured a wind gust to 64 mph.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHebron-A large tree and numerous tree limbs were blown down.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHebron-Several tree limbs were blown down onto a house.
May 2021Flash FloodHebron-Approximately 6 inches to one foot of flowing water was reported across Route 2 on the north side of Hebron.
March 2018FloodHebron-Flooding continued along the Kankakee River during early March with the river finally falling below moderate flood stage on March 11th.
June 2015Flash FloodHebron-Several Roads in Hebron were closed due to flooding and at least on rescue had to be performed for a vehicle trapped in the flood waters.
May 2012Flash FloodHebron-Several roads in Hebron were flooded and impassable. Both retention ponds in town were overflowing with water approaching buildings in Industrial Park. A trained spotter in Hebron measured 4.60 inches of rainfall in 3 hours and 45 minutes.
August 2008FloodHebron-One to two feet of standing water was reported on State Road 8 with some flooding of homes and businesses.
February 2006HailHebron-Quarter size hail was reported near 700S and County Line Road near Hebron. The storm continued east northeast and quarter size hail was reported several minutes later near Route 30 and 100W, southwest of Valparaiso.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindHebron-Power lines and tree limbs were blown down.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindHebron-Large tree limbs were blown down.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindHebron-no account filed
September 2014Thunderstorm WindHebron-no account filed
July 2013HailHebron-no account filed
June 2012HailHebron-no account filed
May 2011HailHebron-no account filed
August 2007HailHebron-no account filed
June 2006HailHebron-no account filed
May 2004HailHebron-no account filed
July 2003HailHebron-no account filed
July 2003HailHebron-no account filed
July 2003Flash FloodHebron-no account filed
May 2000Tornado (F0)Hebron-no account filed
May 1997HailHebron-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Porter County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Hurlburt3.8 miles12
Boone Grove4.5 miles12
Aylesworth4.6 miles12
Porter Crossroads5.9 miles13
Lakes of the Four Seasons6.4 miles13
Beatrice7.5 miles13
Lake Eliza7.8 miles13
Gates Corner8.1 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on HebronAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2630045The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 435961. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.