Hillsboro is an unincorporated community in Fleming County, Kentucky, United States.

[4] First called Foudraysville for the Foudray family of early settlers, it was renamed Hillsboro when the post office opened in 1833.

[5] In 1874 a fire was started by robbers, burning several buildings in the center of town, among them being E. G. SHIELDS' store, J. W. CRAIN'S store, the wholesale house of J.A.H.

In 1917 a second fire burned the buildings located in the same area.

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