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Murphysboro

city in Illinois, United States
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Summary

Murphysboro is a city in the United States[1]. Murphysboro ranks in the top 7% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (625 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Jackson County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Postal code: 62966[5]
  • Commons category: Murphysboro, Illinois[6]
  • Local dialing code: 618[7]
  • Inception: September 1843[8]
  • Official website: http://www.murphysboro.com/[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Murphysboro, Illinois[10]
  • Population: 7970[11], 7093[12]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13]
  • Capital of: Jackson County[14]
  • Official name: Murphysboro[15]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Murphysboro, Illinois[16]
  • Number of households: 3420[17]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Murphysboro, Illinois[18]
  • Elevation above sea level: 120 m[19]
  • Area: 13.64107 km²[20], 13.562587 km²[21]
  • Water as percent of area: 1.6147 percent[22]
  • Per capita income: 22,664 US dollars[23]

Why It Matters

Murphysboro has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Murphysboro is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . murphysboro.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . murphysboro.com. murphysboro.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . murphysboro.com. murphysboro.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . murphysboro.com. murphysboro.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . murphysboro.com. murphysboro.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Schekinov Alexey Victorovich · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1843-09-00T00:00:00Z
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  2. 2d ago · Schekinov Alexey Victorovich · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image commons → —
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    Sitelink count → 43
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Elevation above sea level: 120 metre"
  3. 3d ago · Schekinov Alexey Victorovich · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'azb', 'ca', 'ce', 'ceb', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fr', 'glk'
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Locator map image: Jackson County Illinois Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Murphysboro Highlighted.svg"
  4. 16w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Musicbrainz area id → bbf08035-b33f-4c0c-9f07-eac6af64c481
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  5. 17w ago · MineoBot bot · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Water as percent of area → {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+1.6147'}
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Murphysboro, Illinois
    Country → —
    Per capita income → {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+22664'}
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Musicbrainz area id: bbf08035-b33f-4c0c-9f07-eac6af64c481"
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