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    Murphysboro is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 7,093 at the 2020 census. The city is part...
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    of Illinois with a population of 52,974 at the 2020 census, the county is located 98 miles southeast of St. Louis. Its county seat is Murphysboro, and...
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    alongside the 1953 Vicksburg, Mississippi tornado, the 1957 Gorham-Murphysboro, Illinois tornado, the 2000 Tuscaloosa tornado, the 2021 Western Kentucky...
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    Walnut St. in Murphysboro, Illinois. Built in 1913 as the Tilford Theatre, the theater was one of the first five movie theaters in Murphysboro. The theater's...
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    The Grange Hall in Somerset Township, Jackson County, Illinois, is the historic meeting place of Somerset Township's chapter of The Grange. Built in 1912...
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    Mike Bost (category People from Murphysboro, Illinois)
    Baptist and graduated from Murphysboro High School. He attended a firefighter academy program offered by the University of Illinois, later becoming a firefighter...
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    John A. Logan (category People from Murphysboro, Illinois)
    Logan Jr. (1865–1899). John A. Logan was born near what is now Murphysboro, Illinois, the son of Dr. John Logan and Dr. Logan's second wife, Elizabeth...
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    Big Muddy River (category Rivers of Illinois)
    Jackson County. The Big Muddy cuts through the Shawnee Hills south of Murphysboro near the confluence with its smaller tributary, Kinkaid Creek. There...
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  • Carbondale and Murphysboro and the chairman of the Jackson County Board and serve for five years on a staggered basis. Southern Illinois Airport covers...
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    Illinois (/ˌɪlɪˈnɔɪ/ IL-in-OY) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi...
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  • Theo Germaine (category People from Murphysboro, Illinois)
    was part of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. Germaine is originally from Illinois; they worked at a coffee shop in Chicago before temporarily relocating...
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    serving Murphysboro, Illinois. Built in 1888, the station was the largest on the Mobile and Ohio line between St. Louis, Missouri and Cairo, Illinois. The...
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  • Olmsted, Illinois – $13,615 Murphysboro, Illinois – $13,527 Lenzburg, Illinois – $13,505 Creal Springs, Illinois – $13,483 Macomb, Illinois – $13,470...
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    Lake Murphysboro State Park is an Illinois state park on 1,022 acres (414 ha) in Jackson County, Illinois, United States. "Lake Murphysboro State Park"...
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    to Illinois Route 13 just north of Murphysboro. This is a distance of 170.44 miles (274.30 km). Illinois Route 4 starts at Illinois 13 and Illinois 127...
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  • Terri Bryant (category People from Murphysboro, Illinois)
    industries, including owning a successful Bluebell Restaurant in Murphysboro, Illinois. She took office two weeks earlier than the majority of the 2015...
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  • L. Bruce Richmond (category People from Murphysboro, Illinois)
    City, Illinois. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. Richmond studied at Southern Illinois University. He lived in Murphysboro, Illinois...
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  • Tammy (film) (category Films set in Illinois)
    for Worst Actress and Worst Supporting Actress respectively. In Murphysboro, Illinois, Tammy Banks strikes a deer on the way to her job at the fast food...
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  • House of Representatives. Retrieved January 14, 2021. "Darin LaHood (Illinois (IL)), 117th Congress Profile". Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives...
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  • WINI (category Radio stations in Illinois)
    broadcasting an oldies format. Licensed to Murphysboro, Illinois, the station is owned by Southern Illinois Radio Group, and carries Westwood One's Good...
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  • Don Ohl (category People from Murphysboro, Illinois)
    basketball for the Illinois Fighting Illini. The guard took part in five consecutive NBA All-Star Games (1963–1967). Ohl was born in Murphysboro, a rural town...
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    Murphysboro Elks Lodge, also known as Murphysboro Event Center, is a historic meeting hall and former Elks lodge in Murphysboro, Illinois. The lodge was...
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  • All-Stars began the 1923 season with a 25–0 defeat of a team from Murphysboro, Illinois in a non-league game. For the second game, the All-Stars played...
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  • Sandra Kerns (category People from Murphysboro, Illinois)
    Kerns Born Sandra Borgsmiller (1949-07-20) July 20, 1949 (age 75) Murphysboro, Illinois, U.S. Occupation Actress Years active 1976-1993 Spouse Hubie Kerns...
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    1925 Tri-State tornado (category Tornadoes in Illinois)
    tornado moved by. To the northeast, it would hit the northern portions of Murphysboro, where over one hundred residents would die as the tornado barelled through...
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    Rudolph Zerses Gill (category People from Murphysboro, Illinois)
    reference] the Murphysboro Elks Lodge (1916), Murphysboro, Illinois, NRHP-listed the Barth and Walker Building (1916), Murphysboro, Illinois, the West Frankfort...
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    Murphysboro Township is one of sixteen townships in Jackson County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 10,563 and it contained 5...
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    Tri-State tornado outbreak (category Tornadoes in Illinois)
    the tornado cut a swath almost 1 mi (1.6 km) wide through the city of Murphysboro, a thriving coal shipping center and railroad town of 10,000. The tornado...
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  • County. It is 3.25 miles (5.23 km) due west of Murphysboro and 0.75 miles (1.21 km) south of Illinois Route 149. It was moved when the courthouse and...
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  • WTAO-FM (category Radio stations in Illinois)
    rock music formatted radio station licensed to Murphysboro, Illinois, serving the Carbondale, Illinois, Arbitron market. Formerly owned by Clear Channel...
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