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 Hill County, created in 1853, and Hillsboro are named for Dr. George Washington Hill, a pioneer Navarro County settler who served both as a congressman and as Secretary of War for the Republic of Texas. He was a surgeon with a degree from Transylvania University and married a Slaughter. Not long after the county was established, the first courthouse, a 12' X 12' building   was constructed of elm poles, clapboard, and dirt floors. It took the county five tries to build a courthouse that they could be proud of.   By 1890, Hillsboro's population had grown to 2000. There were six churches, a new courthouse, many cotton gins (cotton was definitely king), an opera house, and two weekly newspapers.  The railroad shipped cotton, livestock, grain, and wool. A person could also take the stage to
Whitney for a dollar. 

Taken from Texas Escapes