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Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Murfreesboro is a city in, and county seat of, Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States.[6] The population was 152,769 according to the 2020 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.

"Murfreesboro" redirects here. For other uses, see Murfreesboro (disambiguation).

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

1811

Bill Shacklett

64.13 sq mi (166.08 km2)

63.99 sq mi (165.73 km2)

0.14 sq mi (0.35 km2)  0.25%

610 ft (186 m)

152,769

US: 188th

2,387.43/sq mi (921.79/km2)

350,000 (US: 241st)

UTC−5 (CDT)

37127-37133

47-51560

1295105[5]

It served as the state capital from 1818 to 1826. Today, it is the largest suburb of Nashville and the sixth-largest city in Tennessee. The city is both the center of population[8] and the geographic center of Tennessee.


Since the 1990s, Murfreesboro has been Tennessee's fastest-growing major city and one of the fastest-growing cities in the country.[9] Murfreesboro is home to Middle Tennessee State University, the largest undergraduate university in the state of Tennessee, with 22,729 total students as of fall 2014.[10]

Economy[edit]

Top employers[edit]

According to Murfreesboro's 2018 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,[43] the top employers in Rutherford County are:

Discovery Center at Murfree Spring

Geographic center of Tennessee

Middle Tennessee State University

Oaklands Historic House Museum

Stones River Greenway Arboretum

Stones River National Battlefield

Parks and recreation[edit]

Cannonsburgh Village is a reproduction of what a working pioneer village would have looked like from the period of the 1830s to the 1930s. Visitors can view the grist mill, school house, doctor's office, Leeman House, Caboose, Wedding Chapel, and other points of interest. It is also home to the World's Largest Cedar Bucket.[44][58]


Old Fort Park is a 50-acre (200,000 m2) park which includes baseball fields, tennis courts, children's playground, an 18-hole championship golf course, picnic shelters and bike trail.[59]


Barfield Crescent Park is a 430-acre (1,700,000 m2) facility with eight baseball fields, 7 miles (11 km) of biking/running trails, an 18-hole championship disc golf course, and ten picnic shelters.[60]


Murfreesboro Greenway System is a system of greenways with 12 miles (19 km) of paved paths and 11 trail heads.[61] In 2013, the city council approved a controversial 25-year "master plan" to extend the system by adding 173 miles worth of new greenways, bikeways and blueways at an estimated cost of $104.8 million.[62]

Education[edit]

Elementary education within the city is overseen by Murfreesboro City Schools (MCS). MCS focuses on prekindergarten through sixth grade learning.[70] The city has 12 schools serving 8,800 students between grades pre-K through 6th.[71]


Secondary schools are overseen by Rutherford County Schools, which has 50 schools and a student population of over 49,000.[72]


The Japanese Supplementary School in Middle Tennessee (JSMT, 中部テネシー日本語補習校 Chūbu Teneshī Nihongo Hoshūkō), a weekend Japanese education program, holds its classes in Peck Hall at Middle Tennessee State University, while its school offices are in Jefferson Square.[73]

The Daily News Journal

The Murfreesboro Post

The Murfreesboro Pulse

Sidelines – MTSU student newspaper

Rutherford Source

The Sword of the Lord

Murfreesboro is serviced by the following media outlets:


Newspapers:


Radio:


TV:

Infrastructure[edit]

Transportation[edit]

Murfreesboro is served by Nashville International Airport (IATA code BNA), Smyrna Airport (MQY) and Murfreesboro Municipal Airport (MBT). The city also benefits from several highways running through the city, including Interstates 24 and 840; U.S. Routes 41, 70S, and 231; and State Routes 1, 2, 10, 96, 99, and 268.


Industry also has access to north–south rail service with the rail line from Nashville to Chattanooga. Into the latter 1940s the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway's #3/#4 (Memphis - Nashville - Atlanta) served Murfreesboro.[74] By 1950 that train's route was shortened to Nashville - Atlanta. Until 1965 the Louisville & Nashville's Dixie Flyer (Chicago - Florida) made a stop in the town on its route. Likewise, the #3/#2 (renumbered from #3/4) continued to that period as an overnight train between Nashville and Atlanta, also making a stop in town.[75]

(1953–1989), football player

Jerry Anderson

(1874–1958), journalist and author

Rankin Barbee

(born 1954), firearms manufacturer

Ronnie Barrett

(born 1987), Major League Baseball pitcher, currently on the Chicago Cubs

Rex Brothers

(1919–2013), economist

James M. Buchanan

- businessman and real estate investor, CEO and cofounder of GreenPal

Bryan M. Clayton

stand-up comedian

Reno Collier

(born 1998), Minnesota Lynx point guard

Crystal Dangerfield

(born 1997), actress and singer [79]

Marisa Davila

(born 1991), singer

Colton Dixon

(1860–1934), author and poet

Will Allen Dromgoole

(1900–1987), politician

Harold Earthman

(born 1947), politician

Mary Ann Eckles

(born 1994), football player

Corn Elder

(died 2013), horse trainer

Jeff Givens

(born 1949), politician and lawyer

Bart Gordon

(1915–2013), football player

Joe Black Hayes

(1804–1867), 1st mayor of Houston, Texas[80]

James Sanders Holman

(born 1990), football player

Montori Hughes

(born 1963), professional female bodybuilder

Yolanda Hughes-Heying

(born 1947), football player

Robert James

(1878–1962), African American preacher

Marshall Keeble

(born 1981), mixed martial artist

Muhammed Lawal

(1945–2022), businessman and politician

Mike Liles

(1944–2018), actress and director

Sondra Locke

(1902–1995), novelist, dramatist, essayist and professor

Andrew Nelson Lytle

(1898–2000), wife of U.S. Army General of the Army Douglas MacArthur

Jean MacArthur

(born 1972), filmmaker, journalist and founder of Block Starz Music.

Bayer Mack

(born 1973), record producer and recording engineer

Matt Mahaffey

(1936–2016), grandfather arrested at age 73 for kidnapping two of his grandchildren more than 20 years earlier

Marvin Maple

(1851–1928), politician

Philip D. McCulloch Jr.

(1872–1933), United States Navy Rear Admiral

Ridley McLean

(born 1964), double murderer[81]

Judith Ann Neelley

(1854–1917), lieutenant governor of Illinois

William Northcott

(1912–2005), author of science fiction and fantasy

Andre Alice Norton

(1825–1890), lawyer, legislator, and soldier

Joseph B. Palmer

(1803–1891), First Lady of the United States

Sarah Childress Polk

singer-songwriter

Patrick Porter

(born 1985), Major League Baseball pitcher

David Price

(1880–1954), iconic sportswriter, journalist and poet

Grantland Rice

(born 1965), racing driver

Darryl Sage

(1928–2013), professor and civic leader

Mary Scales

(1926–2000), Vice-Mayor of Murfreesboro

Robert W. Scales

(born 1947), NASA astronaut

Margaret Rhea Seddon

(born 1990), Arena Football League player

Adam Smith

(born 1942), Major League Baseball relief pitcher

Chuck Taylor

(born 1985), country music artist

Chris Young

(born 1996), actress

Audrey Whitby

Blackman, Tennessee

Boxwood (Murfreesboro, Tennessee)

Barrett Firearms Manufacturing

First Presbyterian Church (Murfreesboro, Tennessee)

Murfreesboro Musicians

Murphy Center

Evergreen Cemetery

Official website

Daily News Journal (newspaper)

Murfreesboro Post (newspaper)