Murfreesboro, Tennessee

USA / Tennessee / Murfreesboro /
 city, county seat

City with a population of 101,753 in 2009. County seat of Rutherford County. In 1811 the Tennessee Legislature established a county seat for Rutherford County, first named Cannonsburgh after politician Newton Cannon. It was thereafter renamed after Hardy Murfree, a Revolutionary War hero. From 1818 to 1826 the city served as the state capital of Tennessee. Union forces captured the city early in 1863 and made it a major supply depot. The city has grown rapidly in recent years as a suburb of Nashville and booming city in its own right.
www.murfreesborotn.gov
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Coordinates:   35°51'44"N   86°25'46"W
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