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Hillsboro
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city in and county seat of Hill County, Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- County
- Hill
- Type
- Council-manager government
- Mayor
- Scott Johnson
- Total
- 10.97 sq mi (28.42 km )
- Land
- 10.87 sq mi (28.15 km )
- Water
- 0.10 sq mi (0.27 km )
- Elevation
- 643 ft (196 m)
- Density
- 779.8/sq mi (301.08/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 48-34088
- Website
- www .hillsborotx .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Hillsboro
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Hill County
- Population
- 8221
- Area
- 26.607515
- Elevation
- 193
- Capital of
- Hill County
- Official website
- www.hillsborotx.org
- Image
- Hill County Courthouse, Hillsboro, Texas 2015.jpg
- Households
- 2925
- Dialing code
- 254
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- Commons category
- Hillsboro, Texas
- postal code
- 76645
- category for people born here
- Q32395063
- P8168
- Laura Ingalls Wilder
- water as percent of area
- 0.9933
- different from
- Hillsboro
- per capita income
- 22829
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Hillsboro is a city in and the county seat of Hill County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Hillsboro had a population of 8,221. It is located between Dallas, Fort Worth and Waco, directly on Interstate 35 in North Central Texas. Hillsboro draws trade from throughout the county, and from Interstate 35 travelers between Dallas, Fort Worth, and Waco.
Hillsboro is the gateway to Lake Whitney, Lake Whitney State Park, and nearby Lake Aquilla - all within a 15 minute drive from Hillsboro, Texas.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hillsboro” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.