Aquilla (/əˈkwɪlə/ ə-KWIL-ə) is a city located in Hill County, Texas, United States.
It is located on Farm to Market Road 933, 16 miles (26 km) southwest of Hillsboro.
[3] From the Handbook of Texas Online: "Settlers, attracted to the site because it was the nearest point to Hillsboro where timber could be found, began moving into the area in the 1840s.
Twenty years later the tracks of the Texas Central Railroad crossed southwestern Hill County, passing within a few miles of the timber settlement.
One of the state's first chartered banks opened at Aquilla in 1905, when the town also had a health spa.
By 1914 it had a population of over 500 and thirteen retail stores, three hotels, four churches, a school, a newspaper, a bank, and a thriving lumber company.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Aquilla has an area of 0.3 square miles (0.7 km2), all land.