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
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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.
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