tions Hillsborough, and Abraham Sulger as having a store there. On January 10, 1850, the place was still referred to as Hillsborough. An early name of the locality was East Tualatin Plain; that of the Forest Grove locality, West Tualatin Plain. Postal authorities inform the compiler that Hillsborough post office was established August 5, 1850, with Abraham Sulger first postmaster. The early abbreviation of the name of the place seems to have been Hillsboro', rather than Hillsboro. Hillsborough post office was discontinued March 30, 1855, reestablished October 3, 1855, and changed to Hillsboro on April 20, 1892.
HILLSDALE, Multnomah County. Hillsdale is a community just southwest of Portland, served by Hillsdale post office, a rural station of the Portland office. When the Southern Pacific Company West Side branch railroad was operated through Hillsdale, the company found it inadvisable to use the name Hillsdale for the station because of possible confusion with Hillsboro on the same line. The station was named Bertha for Mrs. Richard Koehler, wife of the railroad manager. The track has been torn up and Bertha station is no more. The name Hillsdale has been in use since pioneer days, and is quite suitable for the place. Hill is from the old Anglo-Saxon hyl, and Norse holl. Dale means a small valley. It comes from the same sources as dell, and the German thal and Slavonic dol.
HILLSIDE, Douglas County. Hillside post office was established March 20, 1891, with George N. Elliot postmaster. The office was closed on August 26 of the same year. An editorial in the Roseburg News-Review of February 14, 1947, says that the office was situated on the Oakland-Elkton road in the Kellogg district. The editorial goes on to say that the Ross Hutchinson home was either on or near the site of the Hillside post office.
HILTON RIDGE, Wallowa County. Hilton Ridge is in the extreme northwest part of township 3 north, range 47 east. Hilton Creek is nearby. These two features were named for James Hilton, a little Englishman who ranged his horses in the vicinity. He had a homestead on Pine Creek.
HINES, Harney County. Fred Herrick, a sawmill operator, founded the Fred Herrick Lumber Company and promoted the railroad north of Burns. The mill was just southwest of Burns, and a community was established with the name Herrick. In 1928 Edward Hines of Chicago bought the railroad and lumber business and in 1940 it was operated with the name Edward Hines Lumber Company. A post office called Hines serves the mill and the nearby community.
HINTON Point, Lincoln County. Hinton Point is a prominent landmark on the south side of Yaquina Bay about two miles southeast of Newport. It is sometimes called Point Virtue and also Idaho Point, but in the opinion of the writer, these are not the real names. In 1945 Andrew L. Porter, a resident of the Yaquina Bay district since the '60s wrote that the point was named for one Hinton, who settled there in early days. The name Idaho Point seems to have been the result of a real estate venture. The compiler has been unable to get information about the name Point Virtue. HiPP, Benton County. Hipp was the name of the post office that served the community of Alder. Postal authorities would not accept the name of Alder for a post office because of confusion with many other
