Hillsboro, Washington County, Pennsylvania

Hillsboro was a small town in North Bethlehem Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania in the early 1800s. The community was named for Robert Hill, an early settler.^[1] The Hill family is recognized for building Hill's Tavern (now known as Century Inn), between 1788 and 1794. The town was renamed Hilsboro (date unknown), up until April 10, 1867, when it was renamed Scenery Hill.

References

↑ Doyle, Joseph Beatty (1910). 20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio and Representative Citizens. Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company. p. 673.

External links

http://www.placenames.com/us/p1202277/

Municipalities and communities of Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States

County seat: Washington

Cities	Monongahela Washington

Boroughs	Allenport Beallsville Bentleyville Burgettstown California Canonsburg Centerville Charleroi Claysville Coal Center Cokeburg Deemston Donora Dunlevy East Washington Elco Ellsworth Finleyville Green Hills Houston Long Branch Marianna McDonald‡ Midway New Eagle North Charleroi Roscoe Speers Stockdale Twilight West Brownsville West Middletown

Townships	Amwell Blaine Buffalo Canton Carroll Cecil Chartiers Cross Creek Donegal East Bethlehem East Finley Fallowfield Hanover Hopewell Independence Jefferson Morris Mount Pleasant North Bethlehem North Franklin North Strabane Nottingham Peters Robinson Smith Somerset South Franklin South Strabane Union West Bethlehem West Finley West Pike Run

CDPs	Aaronsburg Atlasburg Avella Baidland Bulger Cecil-Bishop Cross Creek Eighty Four Elrama Fredericktown Gastonville Hendersonville Hickory Joffre Langeloth Lawrence McGovern McMurray Meadowlands Millsboro Muse Paris Slovan Southview Taylorstown Thompsonville Van Voorhis West Alexander Westland Wickerham Manor-Fisher Wolfdale Wylandville

Unincorporated communities	Amity Blainsburg Condit Crossing Cool Valley Courtney Cracker Jack Fallowfield Florence Gambles Glyde Good Intent Hazel Kirk Laboratory Log Pile Manifold McAdams North Fredericktown Old Concord P and W Patch Prosperity Raccoon Richeyville Scenery Hill Studa Venetia

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 40°04′06″N 80°02′47″W / 40.06833°N 80.04639°W / 40.06833; -80.04639

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