Official Name: | Mount Hebron, Alabama |
Pushpin Map: | Alabama#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Mount Hebron |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Alabama |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Marshall |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 879 |
Coordinates: | 34.1422°N -86.2894°W |
Area Code: | 256 & 938 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 123202 |
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. [1]