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History. First called Foudraysville for the Foudray family of early settlers, it was renamed Hillsboro when the post office opened in 1833. [ 5] .
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.
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.
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. The Hillsboro post office opened in 1833.
The saloon of Hillsboro, kept first by Chev FOUDRAY, then by Wash. VALANDINGHAM (Flanagan for short), and then by Lewis CRAIN, Senior, was, through its whole history, a vile, corrupting asset. The proprietors, especially VANLANDINGHAM, opposed all efforts for the moral improvement of the village and surrounding population.
A Clay County History Timeline Highlights of the 18th and 19th centuries By Charles House. The following timeline of Clay County history is an abbreviated list of notable occurrences compiled from notes made while researching my book, Heroes & Skallywags.
Within sixteen miles of the Goddard White Covered Bridge are two disused covered bridges; Ringo’s Mill (1868) and the Hillsboro Covered Bridge (1868), both of which are multiple Kingpost truss systems and both measuring 86 feet in length.
