Murphysboro

Murphysboro is a city in and the county seat of , United States. The population was 7,093 at the 2020 census. The city is part of the Metro Lakeland area.
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  • Type: Town with 8,240 residents
  • Description: city in Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: “Murphysboro, IL”, “Murphysboro, Illinois”, “Murphysborough”, “Мерфисборо (Иллинойс)”, and “Мурпҳйсборо”
  • Postal code: 62966

Murphysboro

Latitude
37.7645° or 37° 45′ 52″ north
Longitude
-89.33509° or 89° 20′ 6″ west
Population
8,240
Elevation
420 feet (128 metres)
UN/LOCODE
US M9U
Open location code
869GQM77+QX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153536778
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4245336
Wiki­data ID
Q575379
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Murphysboro” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مورفيسبورو”
  • Basque: “Murphysboro”
  • Catalan: “Murphysboro”
  • Cebuano: “Murphysboro”
  • Chechen: “Мерфисборо”
  • Chinese: “墨菲斯伯勒”
  • Croatian: “Murphysboro”
  • Danish: “Murphysboro”
  • Dutch: “Murphysboro”
  • French: “Murphysboro”
  • German: “Murphysboro”
  • Gilaki: “مرفيس‌بؤرؤ (ايلينؤی)”
  • Gilaki: “مرفيس‌بؤرؤ”
  • Haitian: “Murphysboro, Ilinwa”
  • Haitian: “Murphysboro”
  • Hebrew: “מרפיסבורו”
  • Hungarian: “Murphysboro”
  • Ido: “Murphysboro, Illinois”
  • Ido: “Murphysboro”
  • Irish: “Murphysboro”
  • Italian: “Murphysboro”
  • Japanese: “マーフィーズボロ”
  • Korean: “머피즈버러”
  • Ladin: “Murphysboro”
  • Mazanderani: “مورفیس‌بورو (ایلینوی)”
  • Mazanderani: “مورفیس‌بورو”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Murphysboro”
  • Newari: “मर्फिज्बरो, इलिनोइ”
  • Newari: “मर्फीस्बरो”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Murphysboro”
  • Norwegian: “Murphysboro”
  • Persian: “مورفیس‌بورو، ایلینوی”
  • Persian: “مورفیس‌بورو”
  • Polish: “Murphysboro”
  • Portuguese: “Murphysboro”
  • Romanian: “Murphysboro, Illinois”
  • Romanian: “Murphysboro”
  • Russian: “Мерфисборо”
  • Serbian: “Мерфисборо”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Murphysboro, Illinois”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Murphysboro”
  • Silesian: “Murphysboro (Illinois)”
  • Silesian: “Murphysboro”
  • Slovenian: “Murphysboro”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مورفیس‌بورو، ایلینوی”
  • Spanish: “Murphysboro”
  • Swedish: “Murphysboro”
  • Tatar: “Мерфисборо”
  • Ukrainian: “Мерфісборо”
  • Urdu: “مورفیس بورو، الینوائے”
  • Urdu: “مورفیس بورو”
  • Uzbek: “Murphysboro”
  • Vietnamese: “Murphysboro, Illinois”
  • Vietnamese: “Murphysboro”
  • Volapük: “Murphysboro”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Murphysboro, Illinois”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Murphysboro”
  • Welsh: “Murphysboro, Illinois”
  • Welsh: “Murphysboro”

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