# Hillsboro

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈhɪlz.bʌ.ɹoʊ/ · frequency rank #41,173

## Definitions
1. A civil parish of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
2. A town in Alabama.
3. An unincorporated community in Georgia, United States; named for early settlers John and Isaac Hill.
4. A city, the county seat of Montgomery County, Illinois; perhaps named for the area's hilly terrain, or for Hillsborough, North Carolina.
5. A town in Fountain County, Indiana; named for the area's hilly terrain.
6. An unincorporated community in Henry County, Indiana; named for its relatively high elevation.
7. A city in Iowa.
8. A city in Kansas; named for early settler John Gillespie Hill.
9. An unincorporated community in Kentucky.
10. A small town in Caroline County, Maryland. Not to be confused with Hillsborough in Prince George's County.
11. A census-designated place in Mississippi.
12. A city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Missouri; a translation of Monticello (literally “little mount”), the home of President Thomas Jefferson.
13. A census-designated place in New Mexico.
14. A city, the county seat of Traill County, North Dakota; named for Canadian-American railroad official James J. Hill.
15. A city, the county seat of Highland County, Ohio; named for nearby hills.
16. A city, the county seat of Washington County, Oregon; named for early settler and Oregon politician David Hill.
17. A census-designated place in Tennessee.
18. A city, the county seat of Hill County, Texas; named for its county.
19. An unincorporated community in King and Queen County, Virginia.
20. A town in Loudoun County, Virginia.
21. A town in West Virginia; named for early settler John Hill.
22. A city in Wisconsin.

## Etymology
From hills + -boro or Hill + -s- + -boro, variant of Hillsborough. The civil parish is named after British politician Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire (1718 - 1793). Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.

## Common misspellings (12)
`hhillsboro`, `hillbsoro`, `hillsbboro`, `hillsboor`, `hillsborro`, `hillsbroo`, `hillsobro`, `hillssboro`, `hilsboro`, `hilslboro`, `hlilsboro`, `ihllsboro`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hillsboro