Hillsboro, Ohio
| Hillsboro | |||
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| Nickname : Where Pride Rings True ... | |||
 High Street with the Bell Opera House |
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| Location in Ohio | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Ohio | ||
| County : | Highland county | ||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 12 ′ N , 83 ° 37 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 6,605 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 469.8 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 14.06 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) of which 14.06 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 342 m | ||
| Postal code : | 45133 | ||
| Area code : | +1 937 | ||
| FIPS : | 39-35560 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1064840 | ||
| Website : | www.hillsboroohio.net | ||
| Mayor : | Drew Hastings | ||
Hillsboro is a city (with the status " City ") and the administrative center of Highland County in the US -amerikanischen State Ohio . In 2010 Hillsboro had 6,605 residents.
geography
Hillsboro is located in southwest Ohio.
The geographical coordinates of Hillsboro are 39 ° 12'21 "north latitude and 83 ° 36'50" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 14 km². In the southwest of the city is the Rocky Fork State Park with the Rocky Fork Lake. Neighboring towns are Leesburg (18 km northeast), Wilmington (35 km northwest), Chillicothe (60 km east) and Lynchburg (18 km west).
The nearest major cities are Cincinnati on the Ohio (85 km west), Ohio's capital Columbus (105 km northeast), Indianapolis , the capital of the US state Indiana (250 km west) and Toledo on Lake Erie (300 km north). The next metropolis is Chicago (520 km northwest)
traffic
US Highways 50 and 62 run through Hillsboro .
Since 1846, the city had been on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for about 100 years .
With the Highland County Airport is a small airfield 5 km southeast of the city. The nearest national airport is Port Columbus International Airport in Columbus (120 km northeast).
population
According to the 2010 census , Hillsboro had 6605 people in 2755 households. The population density was 470 inhabitants per square kilometer.
The racial the population was composed of 90.0 percent white, 5.8 percent African American, 0.8 percent Asian, 0.3 percent Native American and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.3 percent of the population, regardless of ethnicity.
24.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.1 percent were 65 years or older. 55.1 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 34,058 USD . The per capita income was $ 18,582. 18.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- SP Scott , lawyer
- Milton Caniff (1907–1988), comic book artist and author. ( Terry and the Pirates , Steve Canyon )
- Allen Trimble (1783–1870), 8th and 10th Governors of Ohio (1822, 1826–1830)
- Drew Hastings , Comedian and Mayor
- Kirby White , Major League Baseball player
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved July 5, 2014
