Editing Hillsboro, Illinois (section)

==History==
The community was founded in 1823<ref name="City of Hillsboro, Illinois"/> and incorporated on March 26, 1913.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.city-data.com/city/Hillsboro-Illinois.html|title= Hillsboro, Illinois |publisher= City-Data.com |access-date=August 31, 2012}}</ref>

There is some doubt about the origin of the city's name. The local terrain is quite hilly, as a result of the drainage of the [[Shoal Creek (Illinois)|Shoal Creek]] watershed, causing widespread belief that this is the name's source. Alternatively, there is the belief that it was named for [[Hillsborough, North Carolina]], the home of some of the early settlers, including Hiram Rountree and John Nussman.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hillsboroillinois.net/visitors/?history |title=History &#124; Hillsboro, Illinois |access-date=2013-06-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101142136/http://hillsboroillinois.net/visitors/?history |archive-date=2013-11-01 }}</ref>