Hillsborough
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town in and county seat of Orange County, North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- County
- Orange
- Named after
- Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire
- Total
- 5.66 sq mi (14.67 km )
- Land
- 5.59 sq mi (14.49 km )
- Water
- 0.073 sq mi (0.19 km )
- Elevation
- 614 ft (187 m)
- Density
- 1,726.9/sq mi (666.76/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 37-31620
- Website
- https://www.hillsboroughnc.gov/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Research Triangle
- Named after
- Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire
- Official name
- Hillsborough
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- North Carolina
- Population
- 9660
- Area
- 13.991998
- Elevation
- 3
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Capital of
- Orange County
- Official website
- www.ci.hillsborough.nc.us
- Image
- First Baptist Church, Hillsborough, NC (48976728908).jpg
- Households
- 3014
- Dialing code
- 919
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- Commons category
- Hillsborough, North Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Hillsborough, North Carolina
- postal code
- 27278
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Hillsborough, North Carolina
- inception
- 1754-01-01
- water as percent of area
- 1.3174
- per capita income
- 42109
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Encyclopedic overview
The town of Hillsborough is the county seat of Orange County, North Carolina, United States, and is located along the Eno River. The population was 9,660 as of the 2020 census.
Its name was unofficially shortened to "Hillsboro" during the 19th century. In the late 1960s, residents voted to change the name back to its original, historic spelling.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hillsborough” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.