Hillsboro is a city in Henry County, Iowa, United States.

[4] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.51 square miles (1.32 km2), all land.

There were 90 housing units at an average density of 176.5 per square mile (68.1/km2).

The racial makup of the city was 98.9% White, 0.6% African American, and 0.6% from two or more races.

There were 92 housing units at an average density of 180.7 per square mile (69.8/km2).

About 13.6% of families and 21.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 31.7% of those under the age of eighteen and 17.9% of those sixty five or over.

[10] It was previously in the Harmony Community School District,[11] until it merged into Van Buren County CSD on July 1, 2019.

Mildred "Millie" Moore Burkhart, Hillsboro graduate, led Hillsboro to two state runner-up finishes and was named by the Des Moines Register as the greatest guard to ever play in basketball.

She was part of the inaugural Iowa State Girls Basketball Hall of Fame in 1961.

[15] In 2020, she was inducted into the Van Buren County Athletic Hall of Fame.

[16] In 1935, Grace Watson was one of four selected as an outstanding forward in the state basketball tournament.