Hillsboro, NM 88042
N 32° 54.817 W 107° 43.860
13S E 244593 N 3645019
300 Main Street,Hillsboro New Mexico 88042
Waymark Code: WM12N1
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 12/27/2006
Views: 21
Home of the Hillsboro Apple Festival.
HILLSBORO APLLE FESTIVAL
The post office opened in 1879 and never closed, and Hillsboro became the county seat in 1884. It grew to about 1,200 people by 1907. Area mines produced about $6 million in gold and silver. A slowdown occurred, however, and Hillsboro lost the county seat to T or C in 1938. The remains of the old county courthouse, built in 1892, still stand. It was here that the three alleged killers of Col. Albert J. Fountain were tried for (and acquitted of) his 1896 murder.
Hillsboro today is home to several restaurants, gift shops and galleries, a museum, a garage and grocery, a bed and breakfast, a saloon, a library, a post office and a bank
Type of structure:: Stand alone
re-enter Zip Code here:: Not listed
Current Status:: Not listed
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