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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]
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.
Additional monuments around the Courthouse include, a monument to Revolutionary War Gen. Griffith Rutherford, a monument dedicated to Rutherford County law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty since 1946, two plaques in memory to the memory of Forrest's Raid on Murfreesboro (July 13, 1862), a memorial to Veterans of Foreign Wars, a ...
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.
Murfreesboro, located about 35 miles (56 km) southeast of Nashville, is Middle Tennessee's third-largest city, with more than 150,000 residents. It is also the sixth-largest city in Tennessee and the largest suburb of Nashville.
People from Murfreesboro, Tennessee (1 C, 68 P) Pages in category "Murfreesboro, Tennessee" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total.
Four people were killed and several were wounded in a mass shooting at a Waffle House along Murfreesboro Pike in 2018. ... Man declines free $11K Super Bowl ticket to attend sister-in-law’s ...
The population density was 79 people per square mile (31 people/km 2). There were 14,990 housing units at an average density of 32 per square mile (12/km 2 ). The racial makeup of the county was 86.84% White , 11.48% Black or African American , 0.28% Native American , 0.45% Asian , 0.05% Pacific Islander , 2.73% from other races , and 1.16% ...