Hillsborough
A town in Orange County, North Carolina — population 7,226 as of 2020.
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News around Orange County
The Alamance News
September 10Democratic critics accuse Republican commissioners of politicizing county’s library advisory committee
Commissioners have recently overridden two nominees from Mebane, one from Burlington A number of area residents have thrown the proverbial book at the county’s elected leaders over their alleged poli-ticization […]
Government & Civic
The Alamance News
September 10Mebane city council plans to give Orange County $381K to build larger gym at new school
Mebane’s city council took an unprecedented step Tuesday night in voting to start down the path of approving $381,547 toward the cost of a new elementary school planned by Orange […]
Government & Civic
Coastal Review
July 31Dr. Rachel Noble of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Institute of Marine Sciences and colleagues used technology developed to track COVID-19 in municipal wastewater to now track populations’ dietary habits so their nutritional health may be studied and improved.
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Hillsborough by the numbers
- Area
- 5.59 sq mi (14.49 km²), 0.07 sq mi water
- Median age
- 42.5
- Households
- 4,146
- Persons per household
- 2.3
- Median household income
- $98,163
- Median house value
- $460,100
- Office
- MAYOR
- Address
- PO BOX 429, HILLSBOROUGH, NC 27278