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==History== [[File:Diseño_of_Rancho_San_Mateo.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Hillsborough was originally part of [[Rancho San Mateo]], granted to [[Californio]] ranchero Cayetano Arenas in 1846.]] Hillsborough is located on the [[Rancho San Mateo]] [[Ranchos of California|Mexican land grant]] which was purchased by [[William Davis Merry Howard]], son of a wealthy [[Hillsborough, New Hampshire]], shipping magnate, in 1846. Howard settled his family in this area, which attracted wealthy San Franciscans. On May 5, 1910, Hillsborough residents voted to incorporate.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hillsborough.net/about/history.asp |title=Hillsborough history summary |publisher=Hillsborough.net |access-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090610104037/http://www.hillsborough.net/about/history.asp |archive-date=June 10, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> From the town's foundation until 1963, it was an exclusive community for wealthy whites. In 1963, Jack and Betty Ken, the first-generation children of Chinese Immigrants, purchased land in the town. This made them the first non-white people to own land in the town, effectively desegregating Hillsborough.<ref>{{cite book|title=No Sidewalks Here A Pictorial History of Hillsborough |last= Svanvik |first= Michael |last2= Burgett |first2= Shirley|date= 1992|page= 7 3|isbn= 0-9623836-8-6}}</ref>
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