Hilltown is a locality in the District Council of Clare and Gilbert Valleys of South Australia.

It was created in the 1860s when closer settlement came to the Mid-North, allowing grain farming by self-employed farmers.

[3] Subsequent public infrastructure, since closed, included a railway siding and primary school.

[3] The local railway station had been opened under the name of Milne, but was altered to Hilltown in 1939.

[6] A private subdivision named Dudley formerly existed on the border of Hilltown and Barinia; it has now been subsumed into the two localities.