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Hillsboro is an unincorporated community in Fleming County, Kentucky, United States. Hillsboro is located at the junction of Kentucky Route 111 and Kentucky Route 158 , 9.8 miles (15.8 km) south-southeast of Flemingsburg .
Hillsboro was once a wholesale (or commission) town for Eastern Kentucky people, who came from West Liberty, etc. Three men operated a commission house in Hillsboro before 1878. They operated horse teams to Maysville, brought goods to Hillsboro, then hauled the goods by ox teams to the mountains.
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Historical Sketches of Kentucky: embracing its history, antiquities and natural curiosities, geographical, statistical and geological descriptions; with anecdotes of pioneer life ... and biographical sketches ... Illustrated by forty engravings.
Hillsboro is a Fleming county community about 11 miles south of Flemingsburg. It was originally known as Foudraysville for the family which first settled in the area and was later changed to Hillsboro, named for its location on a hill.
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This is a timeline of Kentucky history. Early history. Before 1750, Kentucky was populated nearly exclusively by Cherokee, Chickasaw, Shawnee and several other tribes of Native Americans [1] See also Pre-Columbian.
