Editing Hillsboro, North Dakota (section)

==Transportation==
Residents of Hillsboro have easy access to major population centers via [[Interstate 29]]. The Interstate runs on the western edge of the community and there is an interchange (Caledonia Avenue) that connects the Interstate to Hillsboro. [[U.S. Highway 81]] runs through the community and also connects Hillsboro to [[Grand Forks, North Dakota|Grand Forks]] and [[Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo]].

Like so many towns in the [[Midwestern United States|American Midwest]], Hillsboro's streets are aligned in the grid pattern. In Hillsboro, routes that run north to south are called ''streets'' and routes that run east to west are called ''avenues''.

The [[BNSF Railway]], eventual successor to the Great Northern, continues to maintain tracks in Hillsboro that see a variety of freight trains every day as well as [[Amtrak]]'s ''[[Empire Builder]]'', which passes through without stopping in the early morning hours. The nearest stations are located in [[Grand Forks station|Grand Forks]], {{convert|40|mi}} to the north, and [[Fargo station|Fargo]], {{convert|42|mi}} to the south. 

The [[Hillsboro Municipal Airport (North Dakota)|Hillsboro Municipal Airport]] is a small airport south of town with a landing strip which provides an area for crop dusters or small private airplanes to stop. However, residents have to travel either to [[Grand Forks International Airport|Grand Forks]] or [[Hector International Airport|Fargo]] in order to take regularly scheduled flights to major airports.