Hillsboro, Henry County, Indiana

Unincorporated community in Indiana, United States

39°58′05″N 85°19′54″W / 39.96806°N 85.33167°W / 39.96806; -85.33167CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyHenryTownship PrairieElevation

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1,070 ft (330 m)ZIP code

47362

FIPS code18-33880^[2]GNIS feature ID436215^[1]

Hillsboro is an unincorporated community in Prairie Township, Henry County, Indiana. It was formerly known as Dan Webster.

History

Hillsboro was platted in 1831.^[3] The town was named for its lofty elevation.^[3] The post office Hillsboro once contained had the name Dan Webster.^[4] (Another Indiana post office already had the name of Hillsboro.^[5]) This post office operated from 1851 until 1867.^[6] A woolen factory was built on the south side of Hillsboro on the Little Blue River in 1840 and replaced with a larger one in 1852, selling yarn, cloth, and blankets.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hillsboro, Henry County, Indiana
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ ^a ^b Hazzard, George (1906). Hazzard's History of Henry County, Indiana, 1822-1906. G. Hazzard, author and publisher. p. 931.
^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 164. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. ...the post office...was called Dan Webster.
^ Herbert L. Heller, Historic Henry County, Vol. 1: 1820-1949 (New Castle, Ind.: Courier-Times, 1981) p. 84.
^ "Henry County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
^ Herbert L. Heller, Historic Henry County, Vol. 1: 1820-1849 (New Castle, Ind.: Courier-Times, 1981), pp. 63, 83-84.