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Murfreesboro, Tennessee: History, Geography, Community & Culture

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.

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Murfreesboro, Tennessee topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Geography, Community and Culture as prominent areas in the source structure around Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

Related topics
202
Source areas
12
Connected nodes
214
Extracted relationships
26
Related term clusters
44
Bridge connections
214

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Notable people · 70 topics
History · 30 topics
Notable bands · 22 topics
Infrastructure · 18 topics
Arts and culture · 14 topics
Geography · 12 topics
Overview · 10 topics
Media · 9 topics
Demographics · 5 topics
Government and politics · 5 topics
Education · 4 topics
Parks and recreation · 3 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Area codes
615, 629
Country
United States
County
Rutherford
Elevation
610 ft (186 m)
FIPS code
47-51560
GNIS feature ID
1295105

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Overview

History

Geography

Demographics

Arts and culture

Parks and recreation

Government and politics

Education

Media

Infrastructure

Notable people

Notable bands

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How Murfreesboro, Tennessee connects Entity context

The extracted context around Murfreesboro, Tennessee shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Murfreesboro, Tennessee → 152,769, 64.12 sq mi (166.08 km2) Another extracted example is Murfreesboro, Tennessee → 615, 629. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Top relations

• City · 2
Murfreesboro, Tennessee → 152,769, 64.12 sq mi (166.08 km2)
Area codes · 1
Murfreesboro, Tennessee → 615, 629
Country · 1
Murfreesboro, Tennessee → United States
County · 1
Murfreesboro, Tennessee → Rutherford
Elevation · 1
Murfreesboro, Tennessee → 610 ft (186 m)
FIPS code · 1
Murfreesboro, Tennessee → 47-51560
GNIS feature ID · 1
Murfreesboro, Tennessee → 1295105
Incorporated · 1
Murfreesboro, Tennessee → 1817
Named after · 1
Murfreesboro, Tennessee → Hardy Murfree
Settled · 1
Murfreesboro, Tennessee → 1811

Important terminology

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Important terminology

murfreesboro city tennessee state population center miles also census nashville area km major rutherford war river county united 10 general

Murfreesboro, Tennessee relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 26 structured relationships around Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Examples in this analysis include Murfreesboro, Tennessee → Area codes → 615, 629 and Murfreesboro, Tennessee → Country → United States. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Murfreesboro, TennesseeArea codes615, 6291.00infobox
Murfreesboro, TennesseeCountryUnited States1.00infobox
Murfreesboro, TennesseeCountyRutherford1.00infobox
Murfreesboro, TennesseeElevation610 ft (186 m)1.00infobox
Murfreesboro, TennesseeFIPS code47-515601.00infobox
Murfreesboro, TennesseeGNIS feature ID12951051.00infobox
Murfreesboro, TennesseeIncorporated18171.00infobox
Murfreesboro, TennesseeNamed afterHardy Murfree1.00infobox
Murfreesboro, TennesseeSettled18111.00infobox
Murfreesboro, TennesseeStateTennessee1.00infobox
Murfreesboro, TennesseeTime zoneUTC−6 (CST)1.00infobox
Murfreesboro, TennesseeWebsitewww.murfreesborotn.gov1.00infobox
Murfreesboro, TennesseeZIP Codes37127-371331.00infobox
Murfreesboro, Tennessee• City64.12 sq mi (166.08 km2)1.00infobox
Murfreesboro, Tennessee• City152,7691.00infobox
Murfreesboro, Tennessee• City managerDarren Gore1.00infobox
Murfreesboro, Tennessee• Density2,387.4/sq mi (921.79/km2)1.00infobox
Murfreesboro, Tennessee• Estimate (2025)173,6251.00infobox
Murfreesboro, Tennessee• Land63.99 sq mi (165.73 km2)1.00infobox
Murfreesboro, Tennessee• MayorShane McFarland (R)1.00infobox
Murfreesboro, Tennessee• RankUS: 157th TN: 6th1.00infobox
Murfreesboro, Tennessee• Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)1.00infobox
Murfreesboro, Tennessee• TypeCouncil–manager1.00infobox
Murfreesboro, Tennessee• Urban350,000 (US: 241st)1.00infobox
Murfreesboro, Tennessee• Vice mayorBill Shacklett1.00infobox
Murfreesboro, Tennessee• Water0.14 sq mi (0.35 km2) 0.25%1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Murfreesboro, Tennessee bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Tennessee, Center and Also. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Murfreesboro, Tennessee
    • Tennessee
    • Center
    • Also
    • Rutherford
    • States
    • Stones
    • United
    • River
    • State
    • Museum
    • National
    • County
  • murfreesboro city schools
    • Murfreesboro
    • Census
    • Tennessee
    • People
    • Center
    • Also
    • Two
    • Rutherford
    • States
    • Stones
    • United
    • American
  • murfreesboro, tennessee
    • State
    • University
    • Center
    • Tennessee
    • United
    • States
    • Stones
    • River
    • Population
    • Also
    • Rutherford
    • Battle
  • rutherford county, tennessee
    • Rutherford
    • State
    • University
    • Center
    • School
    • States
    • United
    • Stones
    • River
    • Population
    • Battle
    • Tennessee
  • nashville metropolitan area
    • Miles
    • States
    • United
    • General
    • Census
    • Also
    • City
    • Tennessee
    • County
    • People
    • Rutherford
    • University
  • middle tennessee
    • University
    • State
    • Tennessee
    • Center
    • United
    • School
    • Museum
    • National
    • Stones
    • River
    • States
    • Population
  • middle tennessee state university
    • University
    • State
    • Tennessee
    • Center
    • United
    • School
    • Stones
    • Museum
    • National
    • River
    • States
    • Population
  • islamic center of murfreesboro
    • University
    • Tennessee
    • Stones
    • River
    • Center
    • Murfreesboro
    • State
    • States
    • Museum
    • National
    • United
    • Also

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Murfreesboro, Tennessee, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Murfreesboro, Tennessee with Notable people. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Murfreesboro, Tennessee — Notable people · splits 144 ⟂ 71
Murfreesboro, Tennessee — History · splits 184 ⟂ 31
Murfreesboro, Tennessee — Notable bands · splits 192 ⟂ 23
Murfreesboro, Tennessee — Infrastructure · splits 196 ⟂ 19
Murfreesboro, Tennessee — Arts and culture · splits 200 ⟂ 15
Murfreesboro, Tennessee — Geography · splits 202 ⟂ 13
Murfreesboro, Tennessee — Overview · splits 204 ⟂ 11
Murfreesboro, Tennessee — Media · splits 205 ⟂ 10
Murfreesboro, Tennessee — Demographics · splits 209 ⟂ 6
Murfreesboro, Tennessee — Government and politics · splits 209 ⟂ 6
Murfreesboro, Tennessee — Education · splits 210 ⟂ 5
Murfreesboro, Tennessee — Parks and recreation · splits 211 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Nodes215
Edges214
Triples26
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.009302
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Murfreesboro, Tennessee to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Geography, Community & Culture, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Murfreesboro, Tennessee · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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