Hebbville is primarily a residential area, co-existing with a variety of light industry and boasting the largest concentration of auto dealerships in the western region of Nova Scotia. The tradition of farming still remains an important part of the community, including the oldest continually operating cranberry march in Canada and the oldest family farm in Nova Scotia, Stewart Hebb Greenhouses.

Generations later, fire devastated local forests; leading to the end of mills, making way for farming to become the new way of life in Hebbville. A number of orchardists got together and developed the Hebbville Fruit Company, shipping apples out of the area to England and other markets. The blockades of the Second World War brought an abrupt end to this channel of distribution with England – one that never really recovered.

The Village of Hebbville, originally Hebb’s Mills, emerged as a mill town in the latter part of the 18th century. Two industrious Hebb brothers, George and Nicholas, travelled from Hechman’s Island near Lunenburg to settle a home. They travelled inland several miles from the LaHave River with supplies on their backs and built two log cabins along a river they called Pleasant River. With a history of sawmilling in their blood, they took quick notice id the quality of the woodland and established a water-powered sawmill on the river.

While farming remained an important stable of the community, construction companies and light-industrial businesses emerged as major employers for many residents. Hebbville also evolved as a bedroom community of Bridgewater due to its close proximity to all of the town’s amenities.

The future looks bright for the Village of Hebbville as its residents continue the tradition of hard work and ingenuity.