Hillsborough, North Carolina

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county seat town

Hillsborough, North Carolina, is a historic small town known for its preserved 18th- and 19th-century architecture and vibrant arts and literary community.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Hillsborough (historical spelling) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf county seat ⓘ
town ⓘ
areaCode 919 ⓘ
984 ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
county Orange County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
elevation ~152 meters ⓘ
~499 feet ⓘ
FIPScode 37-31460 ⓘ
foundedIn 1754 ⓘ
GNISFeatureID 0988250 ⓘ
governingBody Hillsborough Board of Commissioners ⓘ
governmentType council–manager government ⓘ
hasCulturalEvent Last Fridays art walk ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution Hillsborough Arts Council ⓘ
Orange County Historical Museum ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict Hillsborough Historic District ⓘ
hasHistoricRole former political center of colonial North Carolina ⓘ
site of Revolutionary War–era activity ⓘ
hasHistoricSite Ayr Mount ⓘ
Burwell School Historic Site ⓘ
Occaneechi Village reconstruction ⓘ
Old Orange County Courthouse ⓘ
surface form: Orange County Courthouse
hasPark Riverwalk along the Eno River ⓘ
hasPublicLibrary Orange County Public Library – Main Library (Hillsborough) ⓘ
historicDistrictListedOn National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
knownFor arts community ⓘ
historic district ⓘ
literary community ⓘ
preserved 18th-century architecture ⓘ
preserved 19th-century architecture ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Eno River NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedFor Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire ⓘ
surface form: Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough
nearCity Chapel Hill, North Carolina ⓘ
Durham, North Carolina ⓘ
originalName Orange ⓘ
partOfMetropolitanArea Durham–Chapel Hill metropolitan area ⓘ
populationCensus2020 approximately 9,800 ⓘ
postalCode 27278 ⓘ
region Piedmont region of North Carolina ⓘ
servedByHighway Interstate 40 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Interstate 85 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 70 NERFINISHED ⓘ
state North Carolina ⓘ
timeZoneDST Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Daylight Time

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Orange County → contains → Hillsborough, North Carolina ⓘ
subject surface form: Orange County, North Carolina
Orange County, North Carolina → containsSettlement → Hillsborough, North Carolina ⓘ
Orange County → countySeat → Hillsborough, North Carolina ⓘ
subject surface form: Orange County, North Carolina
Eno River → flowsNear → Hillsborough, North Carolina ⓘ
Hillsboro → foundedAs → Hillsborough, North Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hillsborough (historical spelling)
Orange County, North Carolina → hasCountySeat → Hillsborough, North Carolina ⓘ
Orange County → hasTown → Hillsborough, North Carolina ⓘ
subject surface form: Orange County, North Carolina
Eno River → nearbyCity → Hillsborough, North Carolina ⓘ