Hillsboro.
A civil parish of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Meaning & usage
A civil parish of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
A town in Alabama.
An unincorporated community in Georgia, United States; named for early settlers John and Isaac Hill.
A city, the county seat of Montgomery County, Illinois; perhaps named for the area's hilly terrain, or for Hillsborough, North Carolina.
A town in Fountain County, Indiana; named for the area's hilly terrain.
An unincorporated community in Henry County, Indiana; named for its relatively high elevation.
A city in Iowa.
A city in Kansas; named for early settler John Gillespie Hill.
An unincorporated community in Kentucky.
A small town in Caroline County, Maryland. Not to be confused with Hillsborough in Prince George's County.
A census-designated place in Mississippi.
A city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Missouri; a translation of Monticello (literally “little mount”), the home of President Thomas Jefferson.
A census-designated place in New Mexico.
A city, the county seat of Traill County, North Dakota; named for Canadian-American railroad official James J. Hill.
A city, the county seat of Highland County, Ohio; named for nearby hills.
A city, the county seat of Washington County, Oregon; named for early settler and Oregon politician David Hill.
A census-designated place in Tennessee.
A city, the county seat of Hill County, Texas; named for its county.
An unincorporated community in King and Queen County, Virginia.
A town in Loudoun County, Virginia.
A town in West Virginia; named for early settler John Hill.
A city in Wisconsin.
Where this word comes from
From hills + -boro or Hill + -s- + -boro, variant of Hillsborough. The civil parish is named after British politician Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire (1718 - 1793). Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.
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