Hillsboro is a city in Marion County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 2,732. The city was named after John Hill, who homesteaded in the area in 1871. Hillsboro is home of Tabor College.
Natural Science Center on Tabor College campus (2007)
1876 P.P. Loewen House Museum (Pioneer Adobe House) (2022)
Wohlgemuth Music Education Center on Tabor College campus (2007)
1927 Hillsboro Water Tower
Marion County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat is Marion and its most populous city is Hillsboro. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 11,823. The county was named in honor of Francis Marion, a brigadier general of the American Revolutionary War, known as the "Swamp Fox".
Marion County Courthouse in Marion (2009)
Francis Marion (late 1700s)
Lost Spring Station marker along former Santa Fe Trail