Hillsboro

Meanings

1. A civil parish of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
2. A town in Alabama.
3. An unincorporated community in Georgia, United States; named for early settlers John and Isaac Hill.
4. A city, the county seat of Montgomery County, Illinois; perhaps named for the area's hilly terrain, or for Hillsborough, North Carolina.
5. A town in Fountain County, Indiana; named for the area's hilly terrain.
6. An unincorporated community in Henry County, Indiana; named for its relatively high elevation.
7. A city in Iowa.
8. A city in Kansas; named for early settler John Gillespie Hill.
9. An unincorporated community in Kentucky.
10. A small town in Caroline County, Maryland. Not to be confused with Hillsborough in Prince George's County.
11. A census-designated place in Mississippi.
12. A city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Missouri; a translation of Monticello (literally “little mount”), the home of President Thomas Jefferson.

Etymology

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.