Hilliard, Ohio, United States Hilliard United Methodist Church, assembled 1883 Hilliard United Methodist Church, assembled 1883 Location of Hilliard inside Ohio Location of Hilliard inside Ohio Location of Hilliard inside Franklin County Location of Hilliard inside Franklin County Hilliard is a town/city in Franklin County, Ohio, United States.

Hilliard is positioned at 40 2 4 N 83 8 34 W (40.034310, -83.142678). It is bordered on the east by Columbus and Upper Arlington, on the north by Columbus and Dublin, on the south by Galloway and Columbus, and to the west lies open farmland.

The only primary highway that runs through Hilliard is I-270, which runs north and south slightly east of the middle of the city.

According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 13.34 square miles (34.55 km2), of which 13.17 square miles (34.11 km2) is territory and 0.17 square miles (0.44 km2) is water. In 1852, John Reed Hilliard bought 10 acres (40,000 m2) of farmland in Franklin County, Ohio from Hoseah High and Abraham Wendell.

Geographically, the Hilliard region is between Big Darby Creek on the west and the Scioto River on the east. Originally called Hilliard's Station, the town interval around the barns route of the Piqua and Indiana Railroad station, which bisected the former Hilliard farmland.

Hilliard's Station served as an ideal shipping point for agricultural products going to market and supplies coming to the farmers in the area.

The initial Hilliard region was platted by John Hilliard on September 1, 1853.

In 1854, a postal service was established in Hilliard's Station and the word Station was dropped from the town name.

The Village of Hilliard became incorporated on July 13, 1869 with a populace of 280 residents.

The initial train station has been restored and remains in Hilliard's historical Weaver Park.

The Village of Hilliard attained city status officially from the Ohio Secretary of State by attaining a populace of 5,633 on December 12, 1960.

The Hilliard City School District encompasses all of the initial Brown and Norwich Township boundaries, the actual town/city of Hilliard, a portion of Columbus that is about the same size as that inside Hilliard, as well as parts of the town/city of Dublin, and parts of Galloway.

There are fourteen elementary schools (Alton Darby, Avery, Beacon, Britton, Brown, Darby Creek, Hilliard Crossing, Hilliard Horizon, Hoffman Trails, J.W.

Reason, Norwich, Ridgewood, Scioto Darby, and Washington), two sixth-grade schools (Station and Tharp), three middle schools (Heritage, Weaver, and Memorial), and three high schools (Darby, Davidson, and Bradley) in the district. The high school sports squads are titled the Panthers, Wildcats, and Jaguars, in the order given.

Also in the town/city of Hilliard is a K-8 Roman Catholic school: Saint Brendan School, and a K-8 Islamic school, Sunrise Academy.

The 55 Officer Division has a Patrol Bureau, Records Bureau, Detective Bureau, Special Investigations Unit, Property Room, Motorcycle Unit, Bike Patrol Unit, Community Resource/Training Bureau, and three K-9 Officers.

The Hilliard Division of Police also provides police services for Norwich Township.

Norwich Township provides fire protection for the City of Hilliard and Norwich Township.

Station 81 is a joint venture between the City of Hilliard and Norwich Township, housing Norwich Township Fire Station 81 and the Hilliard Division of Police.

For recreation, Hilliard has two pools (west and east), a Municipal Center/Senior Center next to the west pool, YMCA, and many enhance baseball and soccer fields, as well as basketball and sport activities The Franklin County Fair also calls Hilliard its home.

The Old Hilliardfest Art & Street Fair is held in downtown Hilliard each year the second Saturday of each September and is sponsored by the Hilliard Civic Association.

The biggest sporting affairs in Hilliard are the football games of the three Hilliard high schools; Hilliard Bradley, Hilliard Darby, and Hilliard Davidson.

Hilliard is also home to the Hilliard Warriors, the Golden State Warriors D-League Team.

Hilliard Davidson won the Division I State Championship in Football in 2006 and 2009.

Hilliard Davidson won both the Girls and Boys State Championships in Cross County in 2002.

This is the only time in Division I Ohio High School history that the same school has won both in the same year.

The boys team also placed second in the State in 2008, closing the longest active streak of consecutive appearances at the state meet among Division I schools with 9.

Hilliard Darby won the Division I Men's Soccer State Championship led by Freshman Phenom, Luke Lassiter in 2016.

Hilliard Darby Boys' Volleyball has won the State Championship in the 2012-2013 and 2014-2015 school year.

Prior to the split of the Hilliard schools, Hilliard High School won a state championship in 1991.

Hilliard Weaver Middle School 5th in the state for teen pregnancy in 2013 Hilliard Darby Softball won the State Championship in 2000, as well as made it to the State Semi-Final game in 2009 Hilliard Highschool also rather than 4th in the state for Boys swimming in 1921 Hilliard Davidson baseball rather than the 2007 season with a #328 state ranking Alonzo Bush from Hilliard Heritage Middle School won the Middle School State Golf Tournament in 2015.

Some youth club squads include the Northwest Football League (FWFL), the Hilliard Baseball Association (HBA), Hilliard Wildcats High School Hockey Club, the Hilliard Girls Softball Association (HGSA), the Hilliard Optimist Basketball League (HOBL), Hilliard Girls Field Hockey, the Hilliard Ohio Soccer Association (HOSA), the Hilliard Youth Lacrosse Association (HYLA), and Northwest FC Youth Soccer (NWFC).

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