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Welcome to Murphysboro ...The city of Murphysboro is located in Jackson County<1> and is the County Seat for Jackson County. The pronunciation of Murphysboro: MUHR-fees-buhr-oh<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Murphysboro, you might consider that their post office opened in 1843. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Murphysboro has a population of 7,413 people<3> (see below for details). Murphysboro is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Murphysboro lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The area code for Murphysboro: (618) The ZIP code for Murphysboro: 62966<5> Websites for Murphysboro ...Official Website: www.murphysboro.com/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Murphysboro had an population of 7,413 people. This is a decrease of 6.99% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 44.24% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Murphysboro had a population of 7,970 people (which is 13.2% of the total population of Jackson County). This makes Murphysboro the county's 2nd most populous community. The population of Murphysboro represents 0.06% of the total population of Illinois (which has 12,830,632 people), making it the state's 254th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 7,970 people, the population of Murphysboro decreased 40.05% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 13,295 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Murphysboro. Communities near Murphysboro ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Murphysboro.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Murphysboro. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Murphysboro. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Murphysboro. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Murphysboro. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Murphysboro. Our list includes 24 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Murphysboro. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Murphysboro ...Looking for more information about Murphysboro? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Murphysboro, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Murphysboro. Adding Murphysboro to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Murphysboro in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Murphysboro was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> We also found Murphysboro on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1870. For more details, see References and Mentions for Murphysboro. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Murphysboro: www.murphysboro.com/ The official website for Jackson County: www.co.jackson.il.us/ The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov Footnotes ...
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