Mount Hebron, Alabama

Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States
34°08′32″N 86°17′22″W / 34.14222°N 86.28944°W / 34.14222; -86.28944CountryUnited StatesStateAlabamaCountyMarshallElevation
879 ft (268 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code(s)256 & 938GNIS 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

  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.
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