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Murfreesboro is a city in, and county seat of, Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States. [6] The population was 165,430 according to the 2023 census, up from 108,755 residents certified in 2010. [7] Murfreesboro is located in the Nashville metropolitan area of Middle Tennessee, 34 miles (55 km) southeast of downtown Nashville.
1841 - Union University founded. [2] 1850 - Population: 1,917. 1851 Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad begins operating. [1] Murfreesboro Female Institute founded. 1859 - Eaton College active. [7] 1862 - December 31: Battle of Stones River begins near Murfreesboro during the American Civil War. [1] 1869 - Murfreesboro News in publication. [6]
Rutherford County was formed in 1803 from parts of Davidson, Williamson and Wilson counties, [1] and named in honor of Griffith Rutherford (1721–1805). [7] Rutherford was a North Carolina colonial legislator and an American Revolutionary War general, who settled in Middle Tennessee after the Revolution.
Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU or MT) is a public research university in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. [6] Founded in 1911 as a normal school, the university consists of eight undergraduate colleges as well as a college of graduate studies, together offering more than 300 degree programs through more than 35 departments.
Founded: October 26, 1799: Named for: David Wilson, early statesman ... Wilson County is part of the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN Metropolitan ...
Conquistador Hernando de Soto, first European to visit Tennessee. In the 16th century, three Spanish expeditions passed through what is now Tennessee. [12] The Hernando de Soto expedition entered the Tennessee Valley via the Nolichucky River in June 1540, rested for several weeks at the village of Chiaha (near the modern Douglas Dam), and proceeded southward to the Coosa chiefdom in northern ...
tn.gov: State symbols of Tennessee ... which was founded in December 1865 in Pulaski as a vigilante group to advance former Confederates ... and its geographical ...
The paper used to claim to have been running "since 1849;" however, its ancestral paper The Murfreesboro News was founded in 1850 by A. Watkins and was shut down due to the Civil War. In 1866, Rev. Henderson re-started The Murfreesboro News, which was later bought by C.C. Henderson in 1898. [3] [5]