Hillsborough is a Town of 5,671 persons and consists of 3,423.28 acres (5.35 square miles) which is ideally located at the junction of Interstate Highways 40 and 85, in the Central Piedmont Region at the western edge of the greater Triangle Area.  Hillsborough remains the flourishing small town it has been since the 18th century.  True to its heritage, it is still an excellent stopover for long-distance travelers, or a destination for day trips from the greater Triangle and Triad areas and southern Virginia. There has been a village on this site for hundreds of years, beginning with three successive Native American villages spanning from AD 1000 to 1710. There remain more than 100 late eighteenth and nineteenth century structures that illustrate the Town's early history.  In addition, there are numerous secondary buildings, bridges, millsites and dams along the Eno, and Native American relics from the locations of ancients towns stretching back thousands of years.