Online Encyclopedia

MURPHYSBORO

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 38 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

MURPHYSBORO  , a

city and the county-seat of Jackson county,
See also:
Illinois, U.S.A., in the south
See also:
part of the state, on the Big Muddy
See also:
River, about 57 M . N. of Cairo . Pop . (189o), 388o; (1900), 6463, including 557
See also:
foreign-born and 456 negroes; (1910), 7485 . It is served by the IIlinois Central, the
See also:
Mobile &
See also:
Ohio and the St Louis, Iron Mountain &
See also:
Southern
See also:
railways . It is the centre for a farming region, in which there are deposits of
See also:
coal, iron, lead and shale, and there are various manufactures in the city . Murphysboro was incorporated in 1867, and re-incorporated in 1875 .

End of Article: MURPHYSBORO
[back]
ROBERT MURPHY (1806-1843)
[next]
MURRAIN (derived through O. Fr. morine, from Lat. m...

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click and select "copy." Paste it into a website, email, or other HTML document.