Hillsborough

town in and county seat of Orange County, North Carolina, United States
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Hillsborough
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Hillsborough

Summary

Hillsborough is a town in the United States[1]. Hillsborough ranks in the top 3% of town_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (149 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hillsborough is located in Orange County[3].
  • Hillsborough is located in North Carolina[4].
  • Hillsborough is in the country of United States[5].
  • Hillsborough's image is recorded as First Baptist Church, Hillsborough, NC (48976728908).jpg[6].
  • Hillsborough's instance of is recorded as town in the United States[7].
  • Hillsborough's instance of is recorded as county seat[8].
  • Hillsborough's instance of is recorded as city in North Carolina[9].
  • Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire is named after Hillsborough[10].
  • Hillsborough's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 136065058[11].
  • Hillsborough's locator map image is recorded as NCMap-doton-Hillsborough.PNG[12].
  • Hillsborough's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82089917[13].
  • Hillsborough's postal code is recorded as 27278[14].
  • Hillsborough's part of is recorded as Research Triangle[15].
  • Hillsborough's Commons category is recorded as Hillsborough, North Carolina[16].
  • Hillsborough's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 179869[17].
  • Hillsborough's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern Time Zone[18].
  • Hillsborough's local dialing code is recorded as 919[19].
  • +1754-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Hillsborough[20].
  • Hillsborough's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 986830[21].
  • Hillsborough's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 2405840[22].
  • Hillsborough's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 36.070555555556, 'lon': -79.104166666667}[23].
  • Hillsborough's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0yjl8[24].
  • Hillsborough's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 3731620[25].
  • Hillsborough's official website is recorded as https://www.hillsboroughnc.gov/[26].
  • Hillsborough's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hillsborough, North Carolina[27].

Body

Founding

+1754-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Hillsborough[20].

Identity

Hillsborough's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Hillsborough'}[28]. Hillsborough's part of is recorded as Research Triangle[15].

Why It Matters

Hillsborough ranks in the top 3% of town_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (149 views/month).[2] Hillsborough has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Hillsborough is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . nctreasurer.com. nctreasurer.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . hillsboroughnc.gov. hillsboroughnc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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