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Hillsboro
Main Street (US 136)
Main Street (US 136)
Location of Hillsboro in Fountain County, Indiana.
Location of Hillsboro in Fountain County, Indiana.
Hillsboro, Indiana is located in Fountain County, Indiana
Hillsboro, Indiana
Hillsboro, Indiana
Location in Fountain County, Indiana
Country United States
State Indiana
County Fountain
Township Cain
Area
 • Total 0.31 sq mi (0.81 km2)
 • Land 0.31 sq mi (0.81 km2)
 • Water 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
712 ft (217 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total 508
 • Density 1,623.00/sq mi (626.29/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (EST)
ZIP code
47949
Area code(s) 765
FIPS code 18-33862
GNIS feature ID 2396995

Hillsboro is a town in Cain Township, Fountain County, Indiana, United States. Its population was 538 at the 2010 census.

History

The post office was established in 1829 as Hillsborough. It was named from the terrain.

In Cain township, at Hillsboro, the oldest church was the Methodist. The building was 30 by 36 feet, costing one thousand six hundred dollars. The society was formed there in 1870, with thirty-two members. The New Light doctrines were then being pressed on the minds of people in this section, and it was a long, hard struggle to maintain the new church, but finally it succeeded, and it had forty-two members in 1880, since which it has advanced.

Geography

Hillsboro is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 136 and State Road 341, about a mile south of Interstate 74.

According to the 2010 census, Hillsboro has a total area of 0.31 square miles (0.80 km2), all land.

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop.
1880 266
1900 500
1910 528 5.6%
1920 537 1.7%
1930 448 −16.6%
1940 516 15.2%
1950 526 1.9%
1960 517 −1.7%
1970 505 −2.3%
1980 561 11.1%
1990 499 −11.1%
2000 489 −2.0%
2010 538 10.0%
2020 508 −5.6%
U.S. Decennial Census

2010 census

As of the census of 2010, there were 538 people, 207 households, and 150 families living in the town. The population density was 1,735.5 inhabitants per square mile (670.1/km2). There were 232 housing units at an average density of 748.4 per square mile (289.0/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 96.1% White, 0.2% African American, 0.7% Native American, 1.9% from other races, and 1.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.4% of the population.

There were 207 households, of which 37.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.7% were married couples living together, 17.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 27.5% were non-families. 21.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.01.

The median age in the town was 38.2 years. 27.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.1% were from 25 to 44; 26.2% were from 45 to 64; and 13% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 48.7% male and 51.3% female.

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