Hillsboro, Kentucky

First called Foudraysville, named after the Foudray family of early settlers, it was renamed Hillsboro when the post office opened in 1833.^[5] In 1874, a fire was started by robbers, burning several buildings in the center of town, including E. G. SHIELDS' store, J. W. CRAIN'S store, the wholesale house of J.A.H. KERNS, and the drugstore of L. J. JONES. The buildings, however, were all replaced after the first fire. In 1917, a second fire burned buildings in the same area.

Hillsboro Covered Bridge, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is located in Hillsboro.^[6]