Incorporated: 1772
Population: 4,665
County Name: Hillsborough
(county map)
Town Contact:
Town of Hillsborough
PO Box 7, School Street
Hillsborough, NH 03244

Phone: 603-464-3877
Fax: 603-464-4270
Website: www.town.hillsborough.nh.us

Origin:
First granted in 1735 by Governor Jonathan Belcher of Massachusetts as Number 7, one in a line of nine towns set up as defense barriers against Indian attacks. The towns were renamed following the 1741 establishment of New Hampshire as a separate province. In 1748, the town was named for Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough, as was Hillsborough County, created in 1769 by Governor John Wentworth. Hillsborough is the birthplace of Franklin Pierce, fourteenth President of the United States, the only President from New Hampshire.

More about Hillsborough:
The Pierce Homestead in Hillsborough was built in 1804 by Benjamin Pierce, a general in the American Revolution, twice governor of New Hampshire (1827-28, 1829-30), and father of Franklin Pierce, the 14th President of the United States (1853-57). Franklin Pierce was born in Hillsborough on November 23, 1804 and the family occupied this dwelling shortly thereafter. The Franklin Pierce Homestead was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961 and was automatically listed on the National Register in 1966 when the Register was started. The property is available for tours throughout the year.