Hillsborough

Web site: http://www.town.hillsborough.nh.us

Population: 4,498 (1990); 4,928 (2000); 5,462 (2006)

Overview
This area was first granted in 1735 by Massachusetts Governor Jonathan Belcher as Number 7, one of nine towns set up as defense barriers against Indian attacks. Following the 1741 establishment the boundary between Massachusetts and New Hampshire, Number 7 became part of the lands being granted by the Masonian Proprietors. The township was known as Hillsborough, probably for Colonel John Hill, who had purchased the Number 7 grant from the original grant holders, and in 1748 came to agreement with the Masonian Proprietors about settlement. Hillsborough is the birthplace of Franklin Pierce, fourteenth President of the United States, the only President from New Hampshire.

Geography
Region: Monadnock
County: Hillsborough
Distance from:
o Manchester, NH: 29 miles
o Boston, MA: 81 miles
o New York, NY: 234 miles
o Montreal, Quebec: 251 miles

Town Hall
Town of Hillsborough
P.O. Box 7
29 School Street
Hillsborough, NH 03244
Phone: (603) 464-3877
Fax: (603) 464-4270

Municipal Information
Government: Selectmen
Planning Board: Elected
Police Department: Full time
Fire Department: Not full time
Nearest Hospital: Monadnock Community; Concord in Peterborough; Concord (22 miles)

Election Districts
State House District: 42
State Senate District: 8
Executive Council District: 2
U.S. Congress House of Representatives District: 2

Schools

Hillsboro-Deering School District
http://www.hdsd.org

Elementary School
4 Hillcat Dr
Hillsboro, NH 03244
(603) 464-1110

Middle School
6 Hillcat Dr
Hillsboro, NH 03244
(603) 464-1120

High School
12 Hillcat Dr
Hillsboro, NH 03244
(603) 464-1130

Services
Hillsborough Fire Department
13 Central St
Hillsborough, NH 03244
(603) 464-3477
http://hillsborofd.com/

Hillsborough Police Department
22 Dump Rd
Hillsborough, NH 03244
(603) 464-5512

Fuller Public Library
29 School St
Hillsborough, NH 03244
(603) 464-3595

Utilities
Electric: PSNH
Gas: None
Water Supplier: Hillsborough Water Works
Sanitation: Municipal
Curbside Trash Pickup: No
Telephone: Granite State; Merrimack Co.
Cable television service: Yes