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Murfreesboro
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city in Tennessee, United States of America
Murfreesboro is a city located in Tennessee in the United States. It serves as the county seat of Rutherford County and is home to Middle Tennessee State University.
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- Official name
- City of Murfreesboro
- Population
- 152769
- Area
- 0.353385
- Elevation
- 186
- Official website
- www.murfreesborotn.gov
- Image
- Downtown murfreesboro9741.JPG
- Households
- 52252
- Dialing code
- 629
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- postal code
- 37130
- Commons category
- Murfreesboro, Tennessee
- inception
- 1811-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0.2535
- native label
- Murfreesboro
- per capita income
- 31259
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Murfreesboro is a city in Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. The population was 152,769 at the 2020 census (estimated at 173,625 in 2025). Located 34 miles (55 km) southeast of downtown Nashville, it is part of the Nashville metropolitan area in Middle Tennessee.
Settled in 1811, Murfreesboro was the state capital of Tennessee from 1818 to 1826. Today, it is the largest suburb of Nashville and the sixth-most populous city in the state. The city is both the center of population 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. Murfreesboro is home to Middle Tennessee State University, one of the largest undergraduate universities in the state.