Hillsboro, Texas | |
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Coordinates: 32°0′34″N97°7′28″W / 32.00944°N 97.12444°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Texas |
County | Hill |
Government | |
• Type | Council-manager government |
• Mayor | Edith Omberg [1] |
Area | |
• Total | 10.97 sq mi (28.42 km2) |
• Land | 10.87 sq mi (28.15 km2) |
• Water | 0.10 sq mi (0.27 km2) |
Elevation | 633 ft (193 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 8,221 |
• Density | 779.83/sq mi (301.08/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP code | 76645 |
Area code | 254 |
FIPS code | 48-34088 [3] |
GNIS feature ID | 1337816 [4] |
Website | www |
Hillsboro is a city in and the county seat of Hill County, Texas, United States. It is located between Dallas, Fort Worth and Waco, directly on Interstate 35 in North Central Texas. Hillsboro draws trade from throughout the county, and from Interstate 35 travelers between Dallas, Fort Worth, and Waco.
Quality of life, small town feel, competent government, and direct access routes to larger cities and airports are major factors in resident satisfaction. Jobs, services and employment in Hillsboro, Texas rank among the top rural cities in Texas.
Hillsboro is the gateway to Lake Whitney, Lake Whitney State Park, and nearby Lake Aquilla - all within a 15 minute drive from Hillsboro, Texas.
The city is a destination for heritage tourism, drawing visitors to its historic downtown main street district surrounding the Hill County Courthouse, and its historic residential district.
City of Hillsboro. In 1853, the Texas Legislature carved Hill County out of Navarro County. Named for physician and Republic of Texas Secretary of War Dr. George Washington Hill, the new county had only recently attracted Anglo settlement, following the establishment in 1848 of Fort Graham. County commissioners selected Hillsboro, originally spelled Hillsborough, as county seat. They established the town on land donated by Thomas Steiner, John Caruthers and Jonathan Newby, and the community soon had a school and post office, as well as a wood-frame courthouse. Cotton became the mainstay of Hillsboro’s late 19th-century economy. The city experienced rapid growth after the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad and other lines came to the town in the early 1880s. In addition to bringing new settlers and giving access to shipping and transportation, railroads provided many new jobs. The city continued to grow and incorporated in 1881. The cotton industry produced a building boom between 1890 and 1910, as evidenced by the numerous Queen Anne homes still intact today, as well as the noted 1890 Hill County Courthouse. In 1923, the community established the Hillsboro Junior College, which over the years has become Hill College. Many Texas political leaders have come from Hillsboro, including U.S. Congressman Joseph Abbott and Texas Lt. Governor Bob Bullock, as well as Thomas Slater Smith, Robert Lee Bobbitt, Robert W. Calvert, Crawford C. Martin, Nelson Phillips and Sam Johnson. In 1981, Hillsboro became one of the Texas Historical Commission’s five original Texas Main Street Cities. The growing city continues to provide leadership, as well as natural, cultural and educational resources. Historical Marker Text, 2004. Located at 118 S Waco St.
The city of Hillsboro is served by the Hillsboro Independent School District.
Hill College, located in Hillsboro, provides high quality, comprehensive educational programs and services to enrolled students, the community, local workforce and area businesses and adult learners.
Hillsboro has private Christian academies and home school groups, in addition to the school district and college.
Hillsboro is a rural city located directly on Interstate 35 between Dallas-Fort Worth and Waco, Hillsboro's location offers residents and business significant advantages, and as the seat of Hill County, attracts trade from a 30+ mile radius of county cities, and a significant portion Interstate travelers. With an active and close knit community, Hillsboro's culture includes numerous events and programs continuously through the year for both residents and visitors.
Visit the Hillsboro, Texas Calendar of events
See the Hillsboro, Texas Community Links with Information about Hillsboro
Visit the official Hillsboro, Texas Eclipse 2024 website
Large annual events in Hillsboro include:
Climate data for Hillsboro, Texas (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1903–present) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °F (°C) | 89 (32) | 97 (36) | 100 (38) | 101 (38) | 104 (40) | 109 (43) | 113 (45) | 112 (44) | 110 (43) | 103 (39) | 93 (34) | 90 (32) | 113 (45) |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 59.0 (15.0) | 62.7 (17.1) | 69.5 (20.8) | 77.1 (25.1) | 84.1 (28.9) | 91.5 (33.1) | 96.0 (35.6) | 97.0 (36.1) | 90.5 (32.5) | 80.3 (26.8) | 68.8 (20.4) | 60.4 (15.8) | 78.1 (25.6) |
Daily mean °F (°C) | 46.5 (8.1) | 50.3 (10.2) | 57.2 (14.0) | 65.1 (18.4) | 73.1 (22.8) | 80.8 (27.1) | 84.4 (29.1) | 84.9 (29.4) | 78.3 (25.7) | 67.8 (19.9) | 56.3 (13.5) | 48.2 (9.0) | 66.1 (18.9) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 33.9 (1.1) | 37.8 (3.2) | 44.9 (7.2) | 53.0 (11.7) | 62.1 (16.7) | 70.0 (21.1) | 72.8 (22.7) | 72.8 (22.7) | 66.0 (18.9) | 55.2 (12.9) | 43.9 (6.6) | 36.1 (2.3) | 54.0 (12.2) |
Record low °F (°C) | −1 (−18) | −1 (−18) | 12 (−11) | 26 (−3) | 36 (2) | 48 (9) | 55 (13) | 53 (12) | 38 (3) | 21 (−6) | 14 (−10) | −6 (−21) | −6 (−21) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 2.74 (70) | 2.77 (70) | 3.57 (91) | 3.68 (93) | 4.51 (115) | 3.61 (92) | 1.65 (42) | 2.18 (55) | 3.15 (80) | 5.05 (128) | 2.73 (69) | 3.10 (79) | 38.74 (984) |
Average snowfall inches (cm) | 0.1 (0.25) | 0.3 (0.76) | 0.1 (0.25) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.2 (0.51) | 0.7 (1.8) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 7.4 | 7.1 | 8.0 | 7.1 | 8.6 | 6.6 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 6.9 | 3.8 | 7.4 | 80.2 |
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Source: NOAA [5] [6] |
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1870 | 153 | — | |
1880 | 313 | 104.6% | |
1890 | 2,541 | 711.8% | |
1900 | 5,346 | 110.4% | |
1910 | 6,115 | 14.4% | |
1920 | 6,952 | 13.7% | |
1930 | 7,823 | 12.5% | |
1940 | 7,799 | −0.3% | |
1950 | 8,363 | 7.2% | |
1960 | 7,402 | −11.5% | |
1970 | 7,224 | −2.4% | |
1980 | 7,397 | 2.4% | |
1990 | 7,072 | −4.4% | |
2000 | 8,232 | 16.4% | |
2010 | 8,456 | 2.7% | |
2020 | 8,221 | −2.8% | |
U.S. Decennial Census [7] |
Race | Number | Percentage |
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White (NH) | 3,204 | 38.97% |
Black or African American (NH) | 1,109 | 13.49% |
Native American or Alaska Native (NH) | 19 | 0.23% |
Asian (NH) | 80 | 0.97% |
Pacific Islander (NH) | 6 | 0.07% |
Some Other Race (NH) | 21 | 0.26% |
Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH) | 237 | 2.88% |
Hispanic or Latino | 3,545 | 43.12% |
Total | 8,221 |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 8,221 people, 2,925 households, and 2,024 families residing in the boundaries of Hillsboro Texas, however the population is thought to be far greater than the census numbers for the city reflect.
Hillsboro is located near the geographic center of Hill County at 32°0′34″N97°7′28″W / 32.00944°N 97.12444°W (32.009557, –97.124437). [13] Interstate 35 passes through the eastern side of the city, with access from Exits 364 through 370. The I-35E/I-35W split is just north of the city limits. Hillsboro is 56 miles (90 km) south of Fort Worth, 62 miles (100 km) southwest of Dallas, and 34 miles (55 km) north of Waco.
Texas State Highway 22 runs through the center of Hillsboro on West Elm Street, South Waco Street, and Corsicana Highway. It leads west 19 miles (31 km) to Lake Whitney and east 40 miles (64 km) to Corsicana. Texas State Highway 171 passes through Hillsboro with Highway 22, but leads northwest 29 miles (47 km) to Cleburne and southeast 23 miles (37 km) to Hubbard.
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Hill County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 35,874. Its county seat is Hillsboro. The county is named for George Washington Hill, secretary of war and secretary of the navy under the Republic of Texas. Hill County is part of Central Texas, though not included in the Texas Hill Country.
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U.S. Route 377 (US 377) is a 478-mile-long (769 km) north–south United States highway. Originally formed as a short spur to connect Denton, Texas with Fort Worth, Texas, it has since been extended to Oklahoma and Mexico.
Interstate 35E (I-35E), an Interstate Highway, is the eastern half of I-35, where it splits to serve the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area. I-35 splits into two branch routes, I-35W and I-35E, at Hillsboro. I-35E travels north for 97 miles (156 km), maintaining I-35's sequence of exit numbers. It travels through Dallas before rejoining with I-35W to reform I-35 in Denton.
Interstate 35W (I-35W), an Interstate Highway, is the western half of I-35 where it splits to serve the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area. I-35 splits into two branch routes, I-35W and I-35E, at Hillsboro. I-35W runs north for 85.2 miles (137.1 km), carrying its own separate sequence of exit numbers. It runs through Fort Worth before rejoining with I-35E to reform I-35 in Denton. It is the more direct route for long-distance expressway traffic, as is noted on signs on I-35 leading into the I-35W/I-35E splits. During the 1970s, billboards existed on I-35 encouraging travelers to take the faster and shorter I-35W route.
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Interstate 35 (I-35) is a major north–south Interstate Highway that runs from Laredo, Texas near the Mexican border to Duluth, Minnesota. In Texas, the highway begins in Laredo and runs north to the Red River north of Gainesville, where it crosses into Oklahoma. Along its route, it passes through the cities of San Antonio, Austin, and Waco before splitting into two branch routes just north of Hillsboro: I-35E heads northeast through Dallas, while I-35W turns northwest to run through Fort Worth. The two branches rejoin in Denton to again form I-35, which continues to the Oklahoma state line. The exit numbers for I-35E maintain the sequence of exit numbers from the southern segment of I-35, and the northern segment of I-35 follows on from the sequence of exit numbers from I-35E. I-35W maintains its own sequence of exit numbers.
Central Texas is a region in the U.S. state of Texas roughly bordered on the West by San Saba to the Southeast by Bryan and the South by San Marcos to the North by Hillsboro. Central Texas overlaps with and includes part of the Texas Hill Country and corresponds to a physiographic section designation within the Edwards Plateau, in a geographic context.
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