Editing Hillsboro, Kansas

{{Short description|City in Marion County, Kansas}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name                     = Hillsboro, Kansas
|settlement_type          = [[City]]

<!-- Images -->
|image_skyline            = tabor-loewen.jpg
|image_caption            = Natural Science Center on [[Tabor College (Kansas)|Tabor College]] campus (2007)
|image_flag               =
|image_seal               =

<!-- Maps -->
|image_map                = Marion_County_Kansas_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Hillsboro_Highlighted.svg
|map_caption              = Location within [[Marion County, Kansas|Marion County]] and [[Kansas]]
|image_map1               = Map of Marion Co, Ks, USA.png
|map_caption1             = [[Kansas Department of Transportation|KDOT]] map of [[Marion County, Kansas|Marion County]] ([[:File:Kansas official transportation map legend.png|legend]])

<!-- Location -->
|coordinates_footnotes    = <ref name="GNIS"/>
|coordinates              = {{coord|38|21|10|N|97|11|57|W|region:US-KS_type:city_source:GNIS|display=inline,title}}
|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Kansas]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Kansas|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Marion County, Kansas|Marion]]
|subdivision_type3        = [[List of townships in Kansas|Township]]
|subdivision_name3        = [[Liberty Township, Marion County, Kansas|Liberty]], [[Risley Township, Marion County, Kansas|Risley]]

<!-- Established -->
|established_title        = Founded
|established_date         =
|established_title1       = [[Platted]]
|established_date1        = 1879
|established_title2       = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
|established_date2        = 1884
|named_for                = John Hill

<!-- Government -->
|government_footnotes     =
|government_type          = [[Mayor–council government|Mayor–Council]]
|leader_title             = [[Mayor]] 
|leader_name              = Lou Thurston<ref name="gov2"/><ref name="gov1"/>
|leader_title1            = [[City Administrator]] 
|leader_name1             = Matthew Stiles<ref name="gov3">[https://www.cityofhillsboro.net/administration City of Hillsboro - Administration]</ref><ref name="gov1"/>

<!-- Area -->
|area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_20.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 24, 2020}}</ref>
|area_total_sq_mi         = 2.45
|area_land_sq_mi          = 2.44
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.01
|area_total_km2           = 6.36
|area_land_km2            = 6.32
|area_water_km2           = 0.04
|unit_pref                = Imperial

<!-- Elevation -->
|elevation_footnotes      = <ref name="GNIS"/>
|elevation_ft             = 1434

<!-- Population -->
|population_footnotes     = <ref name="Census-2020-Profile"/>
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_total         = 2732
|pop_est_footnotes        =
|pop_est_as_of            =
|population_est           =
|population_density_sq_mi = auto
|population_density_km2   = auto

<!-- General information -->
|timezone                 = [[Central Time Zone|CST]]
|utc_offset               = -6
|timezone_DST             = CDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -5
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 67063
|area_code_type           = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]]
|area_code                = [[Area code 620|620]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = {{FIPS|20|32275}} <ref name="GNIS"/>
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS ID]]
|blank1_info              = 485592 <ref name="GNIS">{{cite gnis2|485592|Hillsboro, Kansas}}</ref>
|website                  = {{URL|http://www.cityofhillsboro.net/|cityofhillsboro.net}}
}}

'''Hillsboro''' is a city in [[Marion County, Kansas|Marion County]], [[Kansas]], United States.<ref name="GNIS"/>  As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population of the city was 2,732.<ref name="Census-2020-Profile">{{cite web |title=Profile of Hillsboro, Kansas in 2020 |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2032275 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=November 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111184507/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2032275 |archive-date=November 11, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>  The city was named after John Hill, who homesteaded in the area in 1871.<ref name="HillsboroBook">Hillsboro Kansas, The City on the Prairie; Wiebe, Raymond F; 1985.</ref>  Hillsboro is the home of [[Tabor College (Kansas)|Tabor College]].

{{TOC limit|limit=2}}
==History==
[[File:Stouffer's Railroad Map of Kansas 1915-1918 Marion County.png|thumb|left|1915 Railroad Map of [[Marion County, Kansas|Marion County]]]]

===Early history===
{{See also|History of Kansas}}
For many [[millennia]], the [[Great Plains]] of [[North America]] was inhabited by [[nomadic]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]].  From the 16th century to 18th century, the [[Kingdom of France]] claimed ownership of large parts of [[North America]].  In 1762, after the [[French and Indian War]], France secretly ceded [[New France]] to [[Spain]], per the [[Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762)|Treaty of Fontainebleau]].

===19th century===
In 1802, Spain returned most of the land to France.  In 1803, most of the land for [[History of Kansas|modern day Kansas]] was acquired by the United States from France as part of the 828,000 square mile [[Louisiana Purchase]] for 2.83 [[Penny (United States coin)|cents]] per [[acre]].

In 1854, the [[Kansas Territory]] was organized, then in 1861 [[Kansas]] became the 34th [[U.S. state]].  In 1855, [[Marion County, Kansas|Marion County]] was established within the [[Kansas Territory]], which included the land for modern day Hillsboro.<ref name="Marion-Co-History">{{Cite web |url=http://www.marioncoks.net/AboutMarionCounty/History/tabid/7634/Default.aspx |title=The History of Marion County and Courthouse |access-date=2014-04-23 |archive-date=2018-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227021903/http://www.marioncoks.net/AboutMarionCounty/History/tabid/7634/Default.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Hillsboro was named after John Gillespie Hill, who homesteaded in the area in 1871. Originally '''Hill City''' was the city name; since another city in Kansas already bore that name, it was changed to '''Hillsboro''' on June 20, 1879.<ref name="HillsboroBook"/>  A post office was established in '''Risley''' on April 10, 1873, then moved to Hillsboro on August 29, 1879.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:MN |title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived) |publisher=Kansas Historical Society |access-date=14 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009130856/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county%3AMN |archive-date=9 October 2013 }}</ref>

As early as 1875, city leaders of [[Marion, Kansas|Marion]] held a meeting to consider a branch railroad from [[Florence, Kansas|Florence]].  In 1878, [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] and parties from [[Marion County, Kansas|Marion]] and [[McPherson County, Kansas|McPherson counties]] chartered the [[Marion and McPherson Railway Company]].<ref name="MarionCountyBook">''Marion County Kansas : Past and Present''; Sondra Van Meter; MB Publishing House; [[LCCN]] 72-92041; 344 pages; 1972.</ref>  In 1879, a branch line was built from Florence to [[McPherson, Kansas|McPherson]]; in 1880 it was extended to [[Lyons, Kansas|Lyons]] and in 1881  was extended to [[Ellinwood, Kansas|Ellinwood]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZIwpAAAAYAAJ Fourth Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners for the Year Ending December 1, 1886 in State of Kansas; Kansas Publishing House; 1886.]</ref>  The line was leased and operated by the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]]. The line from Florence to Marion was abandoned in 1968.<ref name="Abandon Railway 1968">[http://www.abandonedrails.com/Marion_to_Florence Railway Abandonment 1968]</ref>  In 1992, the line from Marion to McPherson was sold to [[Central Kansas Railway]]. In 1993, after heavy flood damage, the line from Marion through Hillsboro to McPherson was abandoned and removed. The original branch line connected Florence, Marion, [[Canada, Kansas|Canada]], Hillsboro, [[Lehigh, Kansas|Lehigh]], [[Canton, Kansas|Canton]], [[Galva, Kansas|Galva]], McPherson, [[Conway, Kansas|Conway]], [[Windom, Kansas|Windom]], [[Little River, Kansas|Little River]], [[Mitchell, Kansas|Mitchell]], Lyons, [[Chase, Kansas|Chase]] and Ellinwood.

===20th century===
In 1908, [[Tabor College (Kansas)|Tabor College]] was founded by members of the Mennonite Brethren and Krimmer Mennonite Brethren Christian churches.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tabor.edu/about-tabor/history|title=History|publisher=Tabor College|access-date=2010-12-25}}</ref>

The [[National Old Trails Road]], also known as the Ocean-to-Ocean Highway, was established in 1912, and was routed through [[Lehigh, Kansas|Lehigh]], Hillsboro, [[Marion, Kansas|Marion]] and [[Lost Springs, Kansas|Lost Springs]].

==Geography==
Hillsboro is located in the [[Flint Hills]] and [[Great Plains]] of the state of [[Kansas]].<ref name="GNIS"/>  According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|2.57|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|2.56|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.01|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2012-07-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112090031/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=January 12, 2012 }}</ref>

===Climate===
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.  According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Hillsboro has a [[humid subtropical climate]], abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.<ref>[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=57357&cityname=Hillsboro%2C+Kansas%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary for Hillsboro, Kansas]</ref>

==Area events==
* Hillsboro Arts & Crafts Fair<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hillsboroartsandcraftsfair.com/ |title=Hillsboro Arts & Crafts Fair |access-date=2010-07-19 |archive-date=2010-09-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100909143807/http://hillsboroartsandcraftsfair.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Hillsboro Farmer's Market<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hillsboro-museums.com/Farmers-Market.html |title=Hillsboro Farmer's Market |access-date=2010-07-19 |archive-date=2010-09-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100903095416/http://www.hillsboro-museums.com/Farmers-Market.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Marion County Fair<ref>[http://sites.google.com/site/marioncountyksfairassociation/home/ Marion County Fair]</ref>
* Annual Easter egg hunt<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hillsborofreepress.com/news/front-page/18099291-easter-bunny-participates-in-egg-hunt.html |title=Hillsboro Free Press - Easter bunny participates in egg hunt |website=hillsborofreepress.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511050629/http://hillsborofreepress.com/news/front-page/18099291-easter-bunny-participates-in-egg-hunt.html |archive-date=2013-05-11}}</ref>

==Area attractions==
[[File:Pioneer Adobe House and fence Hillsboro Kansas.jpg|thumb|right|1876 P.P. Loewen House Museum (Pioneer Adobe House) (2022)]]
Hillsboro has two buildings listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] (NRHP).
* W.F. Schaeffler House Museum<ref name="W.F. Schaeffler House Museum">{{Cite web |url=http://www.hillsboro-museums.com/Schaeffler-House-Museum.html |title=W.F. Schaeffler House Museum |access-date=2010-07-19 |archive-date=2011-06-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110626045901/http://www.hillsboro-museums.com/Schaeffler-House-Museum.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.kshs.org/resource/national_register/nominationsNRDB/Marion_SchaefflerWilliamFandIdaGHouseNR.pdf National Register of Historic Places - W.F. Schaeffler House]</ref> ([[National Register of Historic Places|NRHP]]), 312 East Grand Ave.<ref name="W.F. Schaeffler House Museum"/>
* Mennonite Settlement Museums,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hillsboro-museums.com/ |title=Mennonite Settlement Museums |access-date=2006-10-13 |archive-date=2012-12-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121212193824/http://www.hillsboro-museums.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> 501 South Ash Street. Main museum on Memorial Drive (one block west).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hillsboro-museums.com/Mennonite-Settlement-Museum.html |title=Mennonite Settlement Museum |access-date=2010-07-19 |archive-date=2011-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827095252/http://www.hillsboro-museums.com/Mennonite-Settlement-Museum.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
** 1876 P.P. Loewen House<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hillsboro-museums.com/PPLoewen-page.html |title=1876 P.P. Loewen House |access-date=2010-08-12 |archive-date=2010-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329064941/http://www.hillsboro-museums.com/PPLoewen-page.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.kshs.org/resource/national_register/nominationsNRDB/Marion_PioneerAdobeHouseNR.pdf National Register of Historic Places - P.P. Loewen House]</ref> ([[National Register of Historic Places|NRHP]]). Previously known as the Pioneer Adobe House. A traditional Russian clay brick house from the Mennonite settlement village of Hoffnungsthal. The last remaining house of its kind in North America.
** Jacob Friesen Flouring Wind Mill is a detailed replica of the 1876 mill that stood in the Mennonite settlement village of [[Gnadenau, Kansas|Gnadenau]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hillsboro-museums.com/Friesenpage.html |title=Jacob Friesen Flouring Wind Mill |access-date=2010-08-12 |archive-date=2011-07-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711170754/http://www.hillsboro-museums.com/Friesenpage.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://www.hillsborofreepress.com/news/front-page/repairs-begin-on-friesen-mill-in-hillsboro Repairs begin on Friesen Mill in Hillsboro; Hillsboro Free Press; June 3, 2014.]</ref>
** 1886 Kreutziger School No. 97 was in service from 1886 to 1960, approximately five miles north of [[Canada, Kansas|Canada]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hillsboro-museums.com/One-Room-School-Program.html |title=1886 Kreutziger School |access-date=2010-08-12 |archive-date=2009-11-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091116132241/http://www.hillsboro-museums.com/One-Room-School-Program.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://genealogytrails.com/kan/marion/schooldays.html Marion County Schools; Genealogy Trails.]</ref>
* [[Marion Reservoir]], north-east of Hillsboro, exits closest to farther from Hillsboro along [[U.S. Route 56 in Kansas|US-56]]: French Creek cove (Limestone Road), Hillsboro cove (Nighthawk Road), Overlook and Dam (Old Mill Road), Marion cove and Cottonwood Point cove (Pawnee Road).

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=
|1880= 133
|1890= 555
|1900= 754
|1910= 1134
|1920= 1451
|1930= 1458
|1940= 1580
|1950= 2150
|1960= 2441
|1970= 2730
|1980= 2717
|1990= 2704
|2000= 2854
|2010= 2993
|2020= 2732
|estyear=
|estimate=
|estref=
|align-fn=center
|footnote=[https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html U.S. Decennial Census]
}}

===2020 census===
The [[2020 United States census]] counted 2,732 people, 1,003 households, and 625 families in Hillsboro.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table P16: HOUSEHOLD TYPE |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Hillsboro%20city,%20Kansas%20p16&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref><ref name=:0 /> The population density was 1,119.7 per square mile (432.3/km{{sup|2}}). There were 1,188 housing units at an average density of 486.9 per square mile (188.0/km{{sup|2}}).<ref name=:0>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table DP1: PROFILE OF GENERAL POPULATION AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDP2020.DP1?q=Hillsboro%20city,%20Kansas%20dp1 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |publisher=United States Census Bureau |title=Gazetteer Files |url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/2020/geo/gazetter-file.html |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=Census.gov}}</ref> The racial makeup was 87.45% (2,389) [[White (U.S. Census)|white]] or [[European American]] (85.69% [[Non-Hispanic White|non-Hispanic white]]), 3.22% (88) [[African American (U.S. Census)|black]] or [[African American|African-American]], 0.59% (16) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]], 0.77% (21) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.04% (1) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]] or [[Native Hawaiian]], 3.77% (103) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4.17% (114) from [[Multiracial Americans|two or more races]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table P1: RACE |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALPL2020.P1?q=Hillsboro%20city,%20Kansas%20p1&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race was 5.6% (153) of the population.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table P2: HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALPL2020.P2?q=Hillsboro%20city,%20Kansas%20p2&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

Of the 1,003 households, 26.2% had children under the age of 18; 51.1% were married couples living together; 25.7% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. 33.3% of households consisted of individuals and 15.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.<ref name=:0 /> The average household size was 2.0 and the average family size was 2.6.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S1101: HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S1101?q=Hillsboro%20city,%20Kansas%20s1101%20&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> The percent of those with a bachelor’s degree or higher was estimated to be 20.1% of the population.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S1501: EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S1501?q=Hillsboro%20city,%20Kansas%20s1501%20&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

20.9% of the population was under the age of 18, 19.5% from 18 to 24, 18.2% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 19.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.9 males.<ref name=:0 /> For every 100 females ages 18 and older, there were 101.6 males.<ref name=:0 />

The 2016-2020 5-year [[American Community Survey]] estimates show that the median household income was $46,579 (with a margin of error of +/- $4,015) and the median family income was $68,056 (+/- $9,675).<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S1903: MEDIAN INCOME IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS (IN 2020 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS) |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S1903?q=Hillsboro%20city,%20Kansas%20s1903%20&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> Males had a median income of $26,250 (+/- $4,647) versus $9,561 (+/- $2,623) for females. The median income for those above 16 years old was $20,769 (+/- $4,929).<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S2001: EARNINGS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS (IN 2020 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS) |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S2001?q=Hillsboro%20city,%20Kansas%20s2001%20&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> Approximately, 4.5% of families and 9.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 3.2% of those under the age of 18 and 8.4% of those ages 65 or over.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S1701: POVERTY STATUS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S1701?q=Hillsboro%20city,%20Kansas%20s1701%20&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S1702: POVERTY STATUS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS OF FAMILIES |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S1702?q=Hillsboro%20city,%20Kansas%20s1702&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-07-06}}</ref> of 2010, there were 2,993 people, 1,071 households, and 684 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1169.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 1,193 housing units at an average density of {{convert|466.0|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 94.6% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.7% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.3% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.2% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.1% [[Race (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.9% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 2.1% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3.2% of the population.

There were 1,071 households, of which 28.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.0% had a male householder with no wife present, and 36.1% were non-families. 31.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.86.

The median age in the city was 36.2 years. 19.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 20.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 17.7% were from 25 to 44; 21.5% were from 45 to 64; and 20.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.7% male and 51.3% female.

==Economy==
The largest employers in Hillsboro are education related, [[Tabor College (Kansas)|Tabor College]] and [[Unified school district|Unified School District]] 410, which have been in the community for over 100 years.  Manufacturer Hillsboro Industries started business in 1968.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hillsboroindustries.com/Company/CompanyHistory.aspx |title=Hillsboro Industries - History. |access-date=2014-09-11 |archive-date=2014-09-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912030052/http://www.hillsboroindustries.com/Company/CompanyHistory.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>  In September 2014, [[Wal-Mart]] announced plans to build a [[Walmart Neighborhood Market]] store in Hillsboro and will open in spring 2015.<ref>[https://www.hillsborofreepress.com/uncategorized/wal-mart-announces-plans-to-build-store-in-hillsboro ''Wal-Mart announces plans to build store in Hillsboro''; Hillsboro Free Press; September 11, 2014.]</ref><ref>[http://www.kansas.com/news/business/retail/article2062417.html ''Hillsboro grocers worry about Wal-Mart’s plan for Neighborhood Market there''; The Wichita Eagle; September 11, 2014.]</ref><ref>[https://www.hillsborofreepress.com/news/front-page/wal-mart-makes-it-official ''Wal-Mart makes it official''; Hillsboro Free Press; September 17, 2014.]</ref> There is also employment found in the agricultural sector, with Circle D Manufacturing, Hillsboro Industries, Ag Service, Cooperative Grain and Supply, and Country Side Feed.

==Government==
The Hillsboro government consists of a mayor and four council members.  The council meets the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 4PM.<ref name="gov1">[http://www.lkm.org/directory/cities.php?ID=186 Hillsboro - Directory of Public Officials]</ref><ref name="gov2">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cityofhillsboro.net/members.html |title=City of Hillsboro - City Council Members |access-date=2010-07-21 |archive-date=2010-05-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100504183802/http://cityofhillsboro.net/members.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* City Hall, 118 E Grand Ave.

==Education==
[[File:tabor-wohlgemuth.jpg|thumb|right|Wohlgemuth Music Education Center on [[Tabor College (Kansas)|Tabor College]] campus (2007)]]

===College===
[[Tabor College (Kansas)|Tabor College]], a private college affiliated with the [[U.S. Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches|Mennonite Brethren Church]], is located in Hillsboro at 400 South Jefferson Street.  In 2009, Tabor College built a new football complex that is shared with Hillsboro High School.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tabor.edu/about-tabor/news/2008/11/17/farm-tractor-plows-field-for-stadium-groundbreaking-at-tabor-college |title=Tabor College and USD 410 Break Ground for New Athletics Facility; tabor.edu; November 17, 2008. |access-date=August 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225010405/http://www.tabor.edu/about-tabor/news/2008/11/17/farm-tractor-plows-field-for-stadium-groundbreaking-at-tabor-college |archive-date=February 25, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Primary and secondary education===
The community is served by [[Hillsboro USD 410]] public school district.  The high school is a member of T.E.E.N., a shared video teaching network between five area high schools.<ref>[http://teen632.org T.E.E.N. video teaching network]</ref> 
* [[Hillsboro High School (Kansas)|Hillsboro High School]]
* Hillsboro Middle School
* Hillsboro Elementary School

====Sports====
The Hillsboro High School mascot is a Trojan. All high school athletic and non-athletic competition is overseen by the [[Kansas State High School Activities Association]]. For 2010/2011 seasons, the football team competes as Class 3A.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100923185747/http://kshsaa.org/Public/Football/PDF/FBAssignments.pdf KSHSAA Football Class Size Assignments]</ref>

Past Championships:
* The Hillsboro High School girls basketball team won the 3A Kansas State Basketball tournament in 2007 for the first time since 1996.<ref>{{cite web|title=KSHSAA State Tournament All-Time Bests: Girls Teams|url=http://www.kshsaa.org/Public/Basketball/PDF/GirlsStateHistory.pdf|website=Kansas State High School Activities Association|access-date=16 January 2018}}</ref>

===Private Schools===
* Hope Valley Christian School, Private Grade School, 1808 Holly Rd, approximately 0.5 mile southwest of Hillsboro.

===Library===
Each USD 410 school has a library for student access.

Students of [[Tabor College (Kansas)|Tabor College]] have access to the Tabor College Library at 400 South Jefferson Street.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tabor.edu/library|title = LibGuides: Tabor College Library}}</ref>

The city is served by the Hillsboro Public Library at 120 East Grand Avenue.<ref>{{Cite web |title=North Central Kansas Libraries System |url=http://lib.nckls.org/ |access-date=2023-04-05 |language=en-US}}</ref> The library is a member of the [[North Central Kansas Libraries System]].

==Media==
{{See also|List of newspapers in Kansas|List of radio stations in Kansas|List of television stations in Kansas}}

===Print===
The community is served by two weekly newspapers, the ''[[Hillsboro Free Press]]''.<ref>''[http://www.hillsborofreepress.com Hillsboro Free Press]''</ref>  and the ''[[Hillsboro Star-Journal]]''.<ref>''[http://www.starj.com Hillsboro Star-Journal]''</ref>  The ''Star-Journal'' is Hillsboro's oldest publication and the city's official newspaper, with the city's largest paid circulation.  The ''Free Press'' is distributed free by carrier to residences in the city, and covers news for the greater Marion County area.

''[[The Wichita Eagle]]'' in [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]] delivers to Marion County on Sundays and Thanksgiving. ''[[The Salina Journal]]'' from [[Salina, Kansas|Salina]] offers daily delivery yeararound.

===Radio===
Hillsboro is served by numerous [[Radio broadcasting|radio stations]] of the [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]]-[[Hutchinson, Kansas|Hutchinson]] listening market area,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ontheradio.net/metro/wichita_ks.aspx |title=Wichita-Hutchinson Radio market. |access-date=October 21, 2011 |archive-date=October 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111022013445/http://www.ontheradio.net/metro/wichita_ks.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[satellite radio]].  See ''[[Media in Wichita, Kansas]]''.

===Television===
Hillsboro is served by over-the-air [[ATSC]] [[digital television|digital TV]] of the [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]]-[[Hutchinson, Kansas|Hutchinson]] viewing market area,<ref>[http://www.stationindex.com/tv/markets/Wichita-Hutchinson Wichita-Hutchinson TV market.]</ref> [[cable TV]], and [[Satellite television|satellite TV]].  See ''[[Media in Wichita, Kansas]]''.

==Infrastructure==
[[File:1927 Hillsboro Water Tower Kansas.jpg|thumb|upright|1927 Hillsboro Water Tower]]

===Transportation===
[[U.S. Route 56 in Kansas|US-56]] highway runs east–west along the northern side of the city, and [[K-15 (Kansas highway)|K-15]] highway is {{convert|0.5|mi}} northwest of the city.

Alfred Schroeder Field airport, FAA:M66,<ref>[http://www.ksdot.org/divAviation/pdf_pic_pages/Hillsboro_P52.pdf Alfred Schroeder Field map]</ref> is located immediately adjacent to the west of the fair grounds.<ref>[http://www.airnav.com/airport/M66 Alfred Schroeder Field information]</ref>

===Utilities===
* Internet
** Fiber is provided by [https://tctwireless.net/ TCW].
** DSL is provided by [[CenturyLink]].
** Cable is provided by [http://www.eaglecom.net/ Eagle Communications].
** Wireless is provided by [http://www.Pixius.com/ Pixius Communications], [https://risebroadband.com/enterprise-coverage-map/ Rise Broadband].
** Satellite is provided by [[HughesNet]], [[StarBand]], [[Wildblue|WildBlue]].
* TV
** Cable is provided by [http://www.eaglecom.net/ Eagle Communications].
** Satellite is provided by [[DirecTV]], [[Dish Network]].
** Terrestrial is provided by regional [[digital television|digital TV]] stations.
* Electricity
** City is provided by Kansas Power Pool, billed by City of Hillsboro.
** Rural is provided by [http://www.flinthillsrec.com Flint Hills RECA].
* Gas is provided by [[Atmos Energy]].
* Water
** City is provided by City of Hillsboro.
** Rural is provided by Marion County RWD #4 ([https://www.krwa.net/Portals/krwa/mapovers/MN02-04.pdf map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407225804/https://www.krwa.net/Portals/krwa/mapovers/MN02-04.pdf |date=April 7, 2020 }}).
* Sewer 
** Service is provided by City of Hillsboro.
* Trash
** Service is provided by City of Hillsboro.

==Notable people==
<!--- Please list only people who have spent a significant amount of time in Hillsboro. If the individual's tie is ''only'' as a college student, they should be listed in the college article. --->
{{See also|Tabor_College_(Kansas)#Notable_people|l1=List of Tabor College people}}
* [[Donald Dahl]] (1945-2014), [[Kansas House of Representatives]] from 1997 to 2008,<ref name=khor>[http://www.kslib.info/legislators Kansas Legislators Past & Present] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100801091621/http://www.kslib.info/legislators/ |date=2010-08-01 }}</ref> [[U.S. Navy]]
* J. V. Friesen, [[Kansas House of Representatives]] in 1941,<ref name=khor /> furniture dealer
* William Kopper, [[Kansas House of Representatives]] in 1935,<ref name=khor /> merchant
* [[T. R. Schellenberg|Theodore Schellenberg]] (1903-1970), [[archivist]] and [[Archival science|archival theorist]].

==See also==
* [[Hillsboro High School (Kansas)|Hillsboro High School]]
* [[Tabor College (Kansas)|Tabor College]] and [[Tabor Bluejays]]
* [[Joel Wiens Stadium]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Marion County, Kansas]]
* [[Marion County, Kansas#Historical maps|Historical Maps of Marion County, Kansas]]
* [[Miss Kansas]], 1969
* [[National Old Trails Road]]
* [[Threshing stone|Threshing Stone]]
* [[Gnadenau, Kansas]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
{{See also|Marion County, Kansas#Further reading|l1=List of books about Marion County, Kansas}}
* ''Hillsboro, City on the Prairie''; Raymond F Wiebe, Multi Business Press; 1985.
* ''The Centennial Celebration of Hillsboro - May 18–27, 1984''; Hillsboro Centennial Committee; Baker Brothers Printing; May 1984.
* ''Hillsboro Diamond Jubilee. Glimpses of Our Heritage, June 8–10, 1959''; 1959.
* ''A Guide to Hillsboro, Kansas''; Mennonite Brethren Publishing House; 1940.
* ''Sixtieth Anniversary of the Johannestal Mennonite Church, 1882-1942'', Johannestal Mennonite Church; 1942.
* ''The Story of Gnadenau and Its First Elder, Marion County Kansas'', David V Wiebe; Mennonite Brethren Publishing House; 1967.

==External links==
{{Commons category|Hillsboro, Kansas}}
;City
* {{Official website|http://www.cityofhillsboro.net/|Hillsboro - Official}}
* [https://www.lkm.org/members/?id=41260765 Hillsboro - Directory of Public Officials], League of Kansas Municipalities
;Historical
* [http://specialcollections.wichita.edu/kw/towns.asp?town=Hillsboro&county=Marion Historic Images of Hillsboro], Special Photo Collections at Wichita State University Library.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130509035324/http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/marion/library/cemetery/CemList.html Marion County cemetery list], archive of KsGenWeb
* [http://www.kshs.org/p/marion-county-history-bibliography/13487 Marion County history bibliography],  [http://www.kshs.org/p/marion-county-schools-bibliography/13662 Marion County school bibliography], Kansas Historical Society
;Maps
* [https://archive.org/download/usgs_drg_ks_38097_c2/o38097c2.tif Topo Map of Hillsboro area], USGS

{{Marion County, Kansas}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Cities in Kansas]]
[[Category:Cities in Marion County, Kansas]]
[[Category:Mennonitism in Kansas]]
[[Category:German-Russian culture in Kansas]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1879]]
[[Category:1879 establishments in Kansas]]
[[Category:Russian Mennonite diaspora in the United States]]