gannett.] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 157 
Hillburn; town in Rockland County, New York, originally named Woodburn, 
changed in 1882 to Hillburn in order not to conflict with a post-office of the same 
name in that State. Both names arc descriptive. 
Hillers; mountain in Utah, named for John H. Hillers, photographer. 
Hillsboro; counties in Florida and New Hampshire, and town in Orange County, 
North Carolina, named for the Earl of Hillsborough. 
Hillsboro; township and city in Montgomery County, Illinois, named from its loca- 
tion on hills. 
Hillsboro; city in Marion County, Kansas, named for a former mayor, John G. 
Hill. 
Hillsboro; township and city in Traill County, North Dakota, named for James 
Hill, a prominent railroad official. 
Hillsboro; city in Hill County, Texas, named from the county. 
Hillsboro; town in Loudoun County, Virginia, named for its location in a gap of a 
short hill range. 
Hillsboro; village in Vernon County, Wisconsin, named for the Hillsboro brothers, 
who made the first claim within the town. 
Hillsdale; county in Michigan, so named because of its rolling surface — hills and 
valleys. 
Hiltonhead; village in Beaufort County, North Carolina, said to have been named 
for the captain of the ship in which Colonel Sayle came over to make discoveries. 
Hinckley; lake, and village in Oneida County, New York, named for a resident 
family. 
Hinds; county in Mississippi, named for Gen. Thomas Hinds, former Congressman 
from that State. 
Hinesburg; town in Chittenden County, Vermont, named for an original pro- 
prietor, Abel Hines. 
Hinesville; town in Liberty County, Georgia, named for Charlton Hines, esquire. 
Hingham; town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, named from the town in 
England. 
Hinsdale; county in Colorado, named for Lieutenant-Governor George A. Hinsdale. 
Hinsdale; village in Dupage County, Illinois, named for H. W. Hinsdale,- a promi- 
nent railroad man, and from the town of Hinsdale, New York. 
Hinsdale; town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, named for Rev. Theodore 
Hinsdale. 
Hinsdale; town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, named for Col. Ebenezer 
Hinsdale, one of its principal inhabitants. 
Hinton; city in Summers County, "West Virginia, named for the former owner of 
the town site. 
Hippocrass; island in Maine, probably so named by seamen, the word meaning 
"spiced wine." 
Hiram; town in Oxford County, Maine, and township in Portage County, Ohio, 
named for Hiram, King of Tyre, 1014 B. C. The name means "nobly born." 
Hitchcock; county in Nebraska, named for Phineas W. Hitchcock, senator from 
Nebraska. 
Hoback; peak and river in Wyoming, named for an early trapper with the Missouri 
Fur Company. 
Hobart; town in Wexford County, Michigan, named for the first settler. 
Hobart; town in Delaware County, New York, named for Bishop Hobart, of New 
Jersey. 
Hobgood; town in Halifax County, North Carolina, named for the principal of the 
Oxford Female Seminary. 
