Village of Hillsborough

stablished as Blanchard's Village c 1700, Hillsborough was the home of Acadian farmers for sixty years. These people led the way in dyke building, keeping back salt water floods from the lush green meadows of this beauti ful valley. By 1763, the Acadians had moved up the valley to The Bend (Moncton) and down the other bank. Here they took up land grants in the Fox Creek area where they may still be found. German immigrants arrived via Pennsylvania in 1767, a year after landing in Moncton, and took over the empty fields. They resumed the dyking, reclaiming large tracts of land still farmed by Hillsborough families today. The most prominent family was that of Heinrich and Rachel Stief, (later the name became Steves and Steeves) who were the founders of a family now counted in every country in the world, and amounting to over 150,000. We Welcome you to enjoy the many things to see and do in this area.