Hillsboro is an

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in Jasper County,

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, United States, established around 1795.

Location and history

The community of Hillsboro is located on

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(formerly the ''Macon to Athens Road'') south of the

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Early years

The community was established around 1795 and named after John and Isaac Hill, pioneer settlers, and originally spelled Hillsborough. It was the county seat of Baldwin County briefly in 1806 before the county was divided into Jasper and other counties. It is the birthplace of

Benjamin Harvey Hill Benjamin Harvey Hill (September 14, 1823 – August 16, 1882) was a politician whose "flamboyant opposition" to Congressional Reconstruction is credited with helping inaugurate Georgia's Ku Klux Klan. His famous "brush arbor speech" in Atlan ...

, a United States and later Confederate States Senator.

Civil War

During the

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, Hillsboro was in the path of Sherman's March to the Sea and suffered damage and plundering from Federal troops. The community was sacked a second time, when cavalry under Major General George Stoneman passed through on their way to Macon, where Stoneman was subsequently captured by the

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troops.

20th Century and beyond

By the early years of the 20th century, Hillsboro was described as "a thriving and prosperous community" with a number of stores, churches, and shops. There was also a bank and a two-story school house. By the later years of the century, in the wake of declining enrollment and school district consolidation, the old school house was converted to a community center. Hillsboro has a

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with ZIP code 31038.

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