Hillsboro is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

Fleming County Fleming County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,082. Its county seat is Flemingsburg. The county was formed in 1798 and named for Colonel John Fleming, an Indian fighter and early s ...

Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia ...

, United States. Hillsboro is located at the junction of Kentucky Route 111 and

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, south-southeast of Flemingsburg.

History

First called Foudraysville for the Foudray family of early settlers, it was renamed Hillsboro when the post office opened in 1833. In 1874 a fire was started by robbers, burning several buildings in the center of town, among them being E. G. SHIELDS' store, J. W. CRAIN'S store, the wholesale house of J.A.H. KERNS, and the drugstore of L. J. JONES. The buildings, however, were all replaced after the first fire. In 1917 a second fire burned the buildings located in the same area. Hillsboro Covered Bridge, which is listed on the

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, is located in Hillsboro.

References

Unincorporated communities in Fleming County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky {{FlemingCountyKY-geo-stub