Editing Hillsboro, Maryland (section)

==History==
Hillsboro is the oldest town in Caroline County. Evidence shows that as early as 1694 there was an Anglican chapel-of-ease located on the Eastern bank of the Tuckahoe.

Commercially Hillsboro was the site of a tobacco warehouse, one or more general stores, a shoe factory, and a tavern.

Painter [[Charles Willson Peale]] briefly resided in Hillsboro.

The first newspaper to be published in Caroline County was published in Hillsboro in 1831 by Lucas Brothers.<ref>{{cite book|last=Clark|title=The Eastern Shore of Maryland And Virginia|publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Company Inc.|pages=1108}}</ref>

Hillsboro previously known as Tuckahoe Bridge was named in the honor of Lord Hillsboro of the Calvert Family. 
In 1804 there was a fever epidemic in Hillsboro then again in 1816; both occurred in the same house the Seller residence. 
Hillsboro was the site of the Tri-County fair and the meeting place of Congressional Conventions.<ref>{{cite book|last=Cochrane|first=Laura C.|title=History of Caroline County|publisher=The J.W Stowell Printing Co.|location=Federalsburg, MD|pages=289–297}}</ref>

[[File:2022-06-23 17 11 31 View east along Maryland State Route 404 Alternate (Hillsboro Road) at Maple Avenue in Hillsboro, Caroline County, Maryland.jpg|thumb|left|MD 404 Alt. eastbound in Hillsboro]]