Hillsboro, Mississippi

Hillsboro, Mississippi
Census-designated place & Unincorporated community (CDP)
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Coordinates: 32°27′34″N89°30′41″W / 32.45944°N 89.51139°W / 32.45944; -89.51139
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Scott
Area [1]
• Total	9.16 sq mi (23.72 km2)
• Land	9.14 sq mi (23.67 km2)
• Water	0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2)
Elevation	436 ft (133 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	1,072
• Density	117.29/sq mi (45.28/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	39087
Area codes	601 & 769
GNIS feature ID	693484 [2]

Hillsboro is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Scott County, Mississippi, United States. Its population was 1,130 as of the 2010 census. ^[3] Hillsboro has a post office with ZIP code 39087. ^{[4] [5]}

History

Hillsboro is named for its location on a hill above the surrounding area. The community was formed in 1835 and was the county seat of Scott County from 1836 to 1856. Hillsboro formerly had a newspaper, The Argus. ^[6]

In 1900 Hillsboro had a population of 112, two churches, and four stores. ^[7]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	1,072		—
U.S. Decennial Census [8]

2020 census

Hillsboro racial composition
(NH = Non-Hispanic) ^{[9] [a]}

Race	Number	Percentage
White (NH)	339	31.62%
Black or African American (NH)	645	60.17%
Asian (NH)	1	0.09%
Some Other Race (NH)	3	0.28%
Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH)	34	3.17%
Hispanic or Latino	50	4.66%
Total	1,072

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,072 people, 357 households, and 213 families residing in the CDP.

Education

Most of Hillsboro is in the Forest Municipal School District while a portion is in the Scott County School District. ^[12]

Notable people

• G. T. Bustin, preacher and evangelist ^[13]
• Eddie Futch, boxing trainer ^[14]
• Fanny Chambers Gooch, author ^[15]
• Thomas Monroe Henry, state auditor of Mississippi from 1904 to 1908 and insurance commissioner of Mississippi from 1908 until 1928 ^[16]
• Paul B. Johnson Sr., Governor of Mississippi from 1940 to 1943 ^[17]
• Robert W. Roberts, member of the United States House of Representatives from 1843 to 1847 ^[18]

Notes

1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
2. "Hillsboro". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
3. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved May 14, 2011.
4. United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code" . Retrieved February 15, 2012.
5. "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original on April 28, 2019. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
6. Schwab, Mary Grace Haralson (2002). Scott County, Mississippi: History and Families. Nashville, Tennessee: Turner Publishing Company. p. 67. ISBN   978-1-56311-746-6.
7. Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 867.
8. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
9. "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
10. https://www.census.gov/ ^{[ not specific enough to verify ]}
11. "About the Hispanic Population and its Origin". www.census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
12. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Scott County, MS" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved August 6, 2022. - Text list
13. G.T. Bustin, My First Fifty Years (Intercession City, FL: 1953; Reprint: Wesleyan Heritage Publications, 1997, 1998):7.
14. "Eddie Futch". International Boxing Hall of Fame. Retrieved September 13, 2025.
15. Herringshaw's American Blue Book of Biography. American Publishers' Association. 1915. p. 676.
16. Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. pp. 507–508.
17. "Paul B. Johnson, Sr". Mississippi Encyclopedia. Retrieved September 13, 2025.
18. "ROBERTS, Robert Whyte". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved September 13, 2025.

1. Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race. ^{[10] [11]}