Hillsborough (Chariton County, MO) - Tidbits, Odds-and-Ends

Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Hillsborough, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hillsborough and the surrounding area.

Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Chariton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Chariton County

Communities Also Named Hillsborough ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Hillsborough.

Within Missouri, the name Hillsborough is unique.

Beyond Missouri, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
  - Pulaski County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Hillsborough [Pulaski County].
- California
  - San Mateo County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Hillsborough [San Mateo County].
- Indiana
  - Fountain County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Hillsborough [Fountain County].
  - Hamilton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Hillsborough [Hamilton County].
- Kansas
  - Bourbon County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Hillsborough [Bourbon County].
- Maryland
  - Caroline County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Hillsborough [Caroline County].
  - Prince George's County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Hillsborough [Prince George's County].
- New Brunswick
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Hillsborough.
- New Jersey
  - Somerset County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Hillsborough [Somerset County].
- North Carolina
  - Orange County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Hillsborough [Orange County].
- South Carolina
  - Greenville County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Hillsborough [Greenville County].

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hillsborough. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/

Footnotes ...

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Hillsborough could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.