| Hills Creek | rises in SW Beaufort County and flows N into Pamlico River. |
| Hills Creek | rises in E Rutherford County and flows SW into Second Broad River. |
| Hills Creek | rises in N Scotland County and flows NE into Lumber River. |
| Hills Crossroads | community in E Halifax County. Settled prior to 1830. |
| Hills Mill | See Chiska Creek. |
| Hills Point | SW Beaufort County on the S side of Pamlico River. |
| Hills Pond | E Wayne County on the head of West Bear Creek. |
| Hills Store | community in E Lincoln County. |
| Hillsboro Store | formerly a community in E Wayne County between Hills Pond and Bear Creek. |
| Hillsborough | town and county seat, central Orange County on Eno River. Alt. 543. John Lawson visited the Indian town of Occaneechi there, 1701. Appears on the Moseley map, 1733. In 1754 the site came to be known as Corbinton for Francis Corbin, colonial official. Est. as Childsburgh, 1759, in honor of Thomas Childs, attorney general of the province. Name changed to Hillsborough in 1766 in honor of Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough (1718-93), president of the Board of Trade and Plantations, and secretary of state for the colonies. The spelling later changed unofficially to Hillsboro, but the original spelling was restored in 1965. The legislature met there in 1778 and 1782-84. |