Hillsboro, Texas
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| Hillsboro | |
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 Hill County Courthouse |
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| Location in Texas | |
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Texas |
| County : | Hill County |
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 1 ′ N , 97 ° 7 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 8,456 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 359.8 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 23.7 km 2 (approx. 9 mi 2 ) of which 23.5 km 2 (approx. 9 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 193 m |
| Postal code : | 76645 |
| Area code : | +1 254 |
| FIPS : | 48-34088 |
| GNIS ID : | 1337816 |
| Website : | www.hillsborotx.org |
| Mayor : | John P. Erwin, Jr. |
Hillsboro is a city in Hill County in the US state of Texas and has a population of about 9,000. It is the county seat and was founded in 1891. It is located approximately 6 miles east of Lake Whitney, a nearby reservoir.
| growth of population | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1870 | 313 | - | |
| 1890 | 2541 | - | |
| 1900 | 5346 | 110.4% | |
| 1910 | 6115 | 14.4% | |
| 1920 | 6952 | 13.7% | |
| 1930 | 7823 | 12.5% | |
| 1940 | 7799 | -0.3% | |
| 1950 | 8363 | 7.2% | |
| 1960 | 7402 | -11.5% | |
| 1970 | 7224 | -2.4% | |
| 1980 | 7397 | 2.4% | |
| 1990 | 7072 | -4.4% | |
| 2000 | 8232 | 16.4% | |
| 2010 | 8456 | 2.7% | |
| 1870-2000, 2010 | |||
sons and daughters of the town
- Madge Bellamy (1899–1990), film and stage actress
- Roger Edens (1905–1970), composer, film composer and film producer
- Tommy Duncan (1911-1967), country singer
- AD Flowers (1917–2001), film technician and specialist in special effects
- Anderson Hunter Dupree (1921-2019), historian
- Mary Ellen Rudin (1924–2013), mathematician
- Bob Johnston (1932-2015), rock music producer
- Rafer Johnson (born 1935), athlete
- Jerry Allison (born 1938), rock 'n' roll drummer
Individual evidence
- ↑ Texas Almanac (PDF; 1.2 MB). Retrieved October 4, 2012
- ↑ US Census ( Memento of the original from December 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved October 16, 2012
Web links
Commons : Hillsboro, Texas - Collection of images, videos, and audio files
- Hillsboro in the Handbook of Texas , engl.
- Statistics Hillsboro (Texas) , Eng.