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Mount Hebron, Alabama

Coordinates: 34°08′32″N 86°17′22″W / 34.14222°N 86.28944°W / 34.14222; -86.28944
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Mount Hebron, Alabama
Mount Hebron is located in Alabama
Mount Hebron
Mount Hebron
Mount Hebron is located in the United States
Mount Hebron
Mount Hebron
Coordinates: 34°08′32″N 86°17′22″W / 34.14222°N 86.28944°W / 34.14222; -86.28944
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyMarshall
Elevation
879 ft (268 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)256 & 938
GNIS feature ID123202[1]

Mount Hebron is an unincorporated community in Marshall County, Alabama, United States.

Mount Hebron is the hometown of Gilbert Johnson, who was one of the first African Americans to enlist in, become one of the first African American drill instructors in, and eventually becoming one of the first black Sergeants Major in the United States Marine Corps. As of 1974, the previously-named Montford Point in Jacksonville, North Carolina, was renamed Camp Gilbert H. Johnson in his honor. [2]

References

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  1. ^ "Mount Hebron". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "SERGEANT MAJOR GILBERT "HASMARK" JOHNSON, USMC (DECEASED)". Marine Corps University. Retrieved November 15, 2023.