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Murphysboro
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city in Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- County
- Jackson
- Townships
- Murphysboro , Somerset
- Total
- 5.33 sq mi (13.81 km )
- Land
- 5.25 sq mi (13.59 km )
- Water
- 0.085 sq mi (0.22 km )
- Elevation
- 410 ft (120 m)
- Density
- 1,351.6/sq mi (521.86/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 ( CDT )
- Fips code
- 17-51453
- Website
- murphysboro .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Murphysboro
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Jackson County
- Population
- 7093
- Area
- 13.562587
- Capital of
- Jackson County
- Official website
- www.murphysboro.com
- Image
- Liberty Theater in Murphysboro.jpg
- Households
- 3420
- Dialing code
- 618
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- Commons category
- Murphysboro, Illinois
- postal code
- 62966
- inception
- 1843-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Murphysboro, Illinois
- P8168
- Tullgrenella
- water as percent of area
- 1.6147
- per capita income
- 22664
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Gen. John A Logan Statue at the Murphysboro Middle School Murphysboro is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 7,093 at the 2020 census. The city is part of the Metro Lakeland area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Murphysboro” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.