Murfreesboro, Tennessee
| Murfreesboro | |
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| Nickname : The 'Boro | |
 Downtown Murfreesboro |
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| Location in Tennessee | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1811 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Tennessee |
| County : | Rutherford County |
| Coordinates : | 35 ° 51 ′ N , 86 ° 24 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 108,755 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 719.9 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 151.43 km 2 (approx. Err mi 2 ) of which 151.06 km 2 (approx. 58 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 186 m |
| Postcodes : | 37127-37133 |
| Area code : | +1 615 |
| FIPS : | 47-51560 |
| GNIS ID : | 1295105 |
| Website : | www.murfreesborotn.gov |
| Mayor : | Shane McFarland ( R ) |
Murfreesboro (also Cannonsburgh or Murfreesborough or Murfreysburo ) is the sixth largest city in the US state of Tennessee with 151.43 square kilometers and 108,755 inhabitants . It is the county seat of Rutherford County .
Murfreesboro is right in the center of the state and in the Nashville catchment area .
The city was founded in 1811 under the name Cannonsburgh and a short time later named after the war hero Hardy Murfree.
As Tennessee expanded west, the location of Knoxville , the capital at the time , created difficulties for those who had to travel there from the west. In 1819 Murfreesboro therefore became the capital of Tennessee. The city remained so until 1826, when it was replaced by Nashville in this role.
During the Civil War , the Battle of Murfreesboro was fought at the turn of the year 1862/63 . Like most of the fighting in the war, it ended in a draw, with great losses on both sides.
Between 1990 (46,000 inhabitants) and 2000 (69,000 inhabitants), the city recorded rapid population growth of more than 50%. Murfreesboro is home to Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU). Mayor is Shane McFarland.
Barrett Firearms Manufacturing, Inc , founded in 1982, has its headquarters in Murfreesboro, or more precisely in the neighboring unincorporated area of Christiana.
Mosque controversy
→ Main article: Islamic Center of Murfreesboro
In 2010 the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro was confronted with protests against the plans to build a new 1,100 m² mosque. The local government had approved the project, since 2010 was an election year, the opposition grew. The construction site was painted with racist graffiti and construction equipment was set on fire by arsonists.
In August 2011, a judge from Rutherford County upheld the construction of the mosque, citing the US Constitution for the finding. The case had caught the attention of national media.
"White Lives Matter Rally"
( German "White lives count rally")
On October 28, 2017, around 300 right-wing extremists and neo-Nazis held a demonstration in Murfreesboro. The demonstration began in Shelbyville, Tennessee , about 35 miles south of Murfreesboro. The demonstration was organized by the same group that organized the demonstrations in Charlottesville. The Nationalist Front Coalition, a loose association of neo-Nazi and various racist organizations, organized the demonstration. Police presence was very strong in Murfreesboro and Shelbyville. Only one arrest for misconduct was made. Local leaders and religious leaders discouraged the demonstration, according to Reuters.
sons and daughters of the town
- Ronnie Barrett (* 1954), inventor and manufacturer of small arms
- James M. Buchanan (1919–2013), Nobel Laureate in Economics
- Henry Helm Clayton (1861-1946), meteorologist
- Henry Grantland Rice (1880–1954), sports reporter
- Bart Gordon (* 1949), politician
- John E. Miles (1884–1971), politician
- William Northcott (1854-1917), politician
- David Price (born 1985), baseball player
- Margaret Rhea Seddon (born 1947), NASA astronaut
- John Ridley Stroop (1897–1973), psychologist
- Barry Eugene Wilmore (born 1962), NASA astronaut
- Chris Young (born 1985), country singer
Web links
- Official website of the city of Murfreesboro ( English )
Individual evidence
- ↑ US Census Bureau QuickFacts: Murfreesboro city, Tennessee. Retrieved December 11, 2018 .
- ^ State of Tennessee Incorporated Places - Current / BAS17 - Data as of January 1, 2016. Retrieved December 11, 2018 .
- ^ A b Mabel Pittard: Rutherford County (Tennessee County History Series; 75). Memphis State University Press, Memphis, TN. 1984, ISBN 0-8787-0182-6 , p. 27.
- ^ Margaret J. Jones: Cullman County Across the Years . Modernistic Printers, Cullman, Ala. 1975, p. 96.
- ↑ Mayor | Murfreesboro, TN - Official Website ( en ) Retrieved November 27, 2018.
- ^ White nationalists stage anti-refugee protests in Tennessee (en) . In: Reuters , October 28, 2017.
- ^ Showdown in Shelbyville: How old school white nationalists failed to deliver in Tennessee (en) . In: Southern Poverty Law Center , October 31, 2017.