Editing Hebron, Nebraska (section)

==History==
Hebron was founded about 1869 by a colony of [[Disciples of Christ]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/thayer/hebron/ | title=Hebron, Thayer County | publisher=University of Nebraska | work=Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies | accessdate=23 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Exploring Nebraska Highways: Trip Trivia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rjRdGsXE_joC&pg=PA217|year=2007|publisher=Exploring America's Highway|isbn=978-0-9744358-7-9|page=217}}</ref> It was named after the ancient city of [[Hebron]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=27418 | title=Profile for Hebron, NE | publisher=[[ePodunk]] | accessdate=23 August 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826115906/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=27418 | archive-date=26 August 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dlas_EPVGFEC | title=Nebraska Place-Names | publisher=University of Nebraska Press | author=Fitzpatrick, Lillian L. | year=1960 |isbn=0-8032-5060-6 | pages=138}} A [http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=englishunsllc 1925 edition] is available for download at [http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/ University of Nebraska—Lincoln Digital Commons.]</ref>

The historic [[Hebron United States Post Office]], now on the [[U.S. National Register of Historic Places]], was built in the town in 1937 by architect [[Louis A. Simon]].<ref name="nrhpdoc">{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=92000473}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Hebron United States Post Office / TY10-008 |publisher=[[National Park Service]]|author=Carol Ahlgren |date=August 1991 |accessdate=May 13, 2019}} With {{NRHP url|id=92000473|photos=y|title=accompanying three photos from 1989 (two with mural)}}</ref>

A tornado in 1953 caused severe damage.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1ON6kaw0nXIC&pg=PA81 | title=The Complete Roadside Guide to Nebraska | publisher=[[University of Nebraska Press]] | author=Boye, Alan | year=2007 | pages=81| isbn=978-0803233782 }}</ref>

In 2021, the [[United States Department of Agriculture]] announced that a large [[well]] site would be constructed in a field near Hebron, a major part of a larger bid to improve water infrastructure for farmers across the state of Nebraska and neighboring [[Kansas]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mannette |first1=Alice |title=USDA funds water improvements in Kansas and Nebraska |url=https://www.hutchnews.com/story/news/2021/04/22/usda-funds-water-improvements-kansas-and-nebraska/7333740002/ |access-date=29 April 2021 |agency=The Hutchinson News |date=22 April 2021}}</ref>