Hillsborough

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Hillsborough or Hillsboro is the name of a number of cities and counties, taking their names directly or indirectly from Hillsborough, England (see below).

It is also associated with the Hillsborough disaster of April 15, 1989 in which 96 Liverpool FC fans died in a crush at the Hillsborough ground of Sheffield Wednesday F.C.

[edit] Hillsborough

[edit] In Australia

• Hillsborough, New South Wales, a suburb of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales

[edit] In Canada

• Hillsborough, New Brunswick
• Hillsborough (electoral district), a defunct Prince Edward Island federal electoral district

[edit] In New Zealand

Two suburbs are named it:

• Hillsborough, Auckland
• Hillsborough, Christchurch

[edit] In the United Kingdom

• Hillsborough, Cornwall
• Hillsborough, Devon
• Hillsborough, South Yorkshire
  • Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield — home of Sheffield Wednesday and site of the
    • Hillsborough disaster
• Hillsborough, County Down, Northern Ireland

[edit] In the United States

• Hillsborough, California
• Hillsborough, Maryland
• Hillsborough, New Hampshire
• Hillsborough, North Carolina
• Hillsborough County, Florida
• Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
• Hillsborough Township, New Jersey

[edit] In the West Indies

• Hillsborough, Grenada

[edit] Hillsboro

• Hillsboro, Alabama, (two places)
  • in Lawrence County
  • in Madison County
• Hillsboro, Arkansas
• Hillsboro, Colorado
• Hillsboro, Georgia
• Hillsboro, Illinois
• Hillsboro, Indiana (two places)
  • in Fountain County
  • in Henry County
• Hillsboro, Iowa
• Hillsboro, Kansas
• Hillsboro, Kentucky
• Hillsboro, Maryland
• Hillsboro, Mississippi
• Hillsboro, Missouri
• Hillsboro, Montana
• Hillsboro, New Mexico
• Hillsboro, New York
• Hillsboro, North Dakota
• Hillsboro, Ohio
• Hillsboro, Oregon
• Hillsboro, Pennsylvania
• 'Hillsboro, Tennessee', the location of the trial for Bertram 'Bert' Cates in the play Inherit the Wind. (The town in the play is really parallel to Dayton, Tennessee).
• Hillsboro, Texas
• Hillsboro, Virginia
• Hillsboro, West Virginia
• Hillsboro, Wisconsin

NB: Maryland has both a Hillsborough (in Prince George's County) and a Hillsboro (in Caroline County).