HILLSBORO

Population 7,355

Altitude 634

General

Principal trade center and seat of Hill County, established in 1853. In frontier tradition, first courthouse was log cabin. Chamber of commerce office at 115 North Covington is old MK&T RR depot. Center of rich agricultural region; gateway to Lake Whitney, home of Hill College.

Known for many restored Victorian homes. Driving tours available past renovated homes and restored downtown area. Several downtown antique shops (many closed Mon.) and Southwest Outlet Center on I-35 attract shoppers.

Attractions

• CONFEDERATE RESEARCH CENTER, GUN MUSEUM - Devoted to Civil War era, especially concerning Hood's Texas Brigade, CSA. More than 3,000 volumes many rare, plus maps, photographs, correspondence and dioramas. Also the Audie Murphy Memorial Gun Museum & Weaponry Library. (Audie Murphy, son of a Central Texas tenant farmer, was nation's most decorated soldier in WW II.) Museum features historic firearms and edged weapons, historic artifacts, and historical art collection. Campus of Hill College.

• HILL COUNTY CELL BLOCK MUSEUM - A repository of Hill County history in building that served as jail in 1893 - 1983; extensive selection of Indian artifacts. 200 block of N. Waco Street at Paschal

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