Annotations
MURPHEYSBORO, A post village, capital of Jackson county, on the Bug Muddy river, about 15 miles east from the Mississippi, and 178 miles south from Springfield. The Belleville and Murpheysboro railroad passes through this place. Wm. H. Hord, Postmaster. (Hawes' Illinois State Gazetteer...,1859)
Geographic
Latitude
37.768386
Longitude
-89.332407
Waterways
Yes
Railroads
Yes
Type
City or Town
County
Jackson
State
Illinois