Hillsboro, Massachusetts

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Hillsboro was a former settlement or town in Franklin County, Massachusetts. There was still a post office there as of 1916,[1] which was established in 1899 and disestablished in 1934.[2]

Notable people

  • James Rolfe, Wisconsin farmer and legislator, was a native of Hillsboro.

References

  1. ↑ Heilprin, Angelo, and Louis Heilprin. Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 New York: J.B. Lippincott, 1916; p. 829
  2. ↑ Merolla, Lawrence M. and Frank M. Crowther. The Post Offices of Massachusetts. North Abington, Massachusetts: The Massachusetts Postal Research Society, 1981; p. 36 as cited by USGS Geographic Names Information System

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