Murfreesboro
Middle Tennessee city
Murfreesboro is a city in central Tennessee, about thirty miles southeast of Nashville.
It serves as the county seat of Rutherford County and is home to Middle Tennessee State University.
The city saw significant Civil War action, including the Battle of Stones River in 1862-63.
We drove through Murfreesboro on our way to Nashville.
Countrymen fighting countrymen
- battlefieldCombat engagement area
- antebellumBefore a war's start
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
heritage · pioneer · settlers · Confederate · Union
Institutional grounds and buildings
- studentOne formally enrolled somewhere
- universityHigher education institution
- tuitionPayment for instruction
- enrollmentAct of registering officially
dormitory · professor · scholarship · athletics · graduation
Increase in scope
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- suburbsResidential areas outside cities
- housingDwellings or protective covering
- constructionProcess of building something
urbanization · sprawl · development · infrastructure · investment · employment · businesses · commuter
Main Street
Town's central thoroughfare
Civil War
Countrymen fighting countrymen
- battlefieldCombat engagement area
- antebellumBefore a war's start
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
monument · heritage · pioneer · settlers · Confederate · Union
campus
Institutional grounds and buildings
- studentOne formally enrolled somewhere
- universityHigher education institution
- tuitionPayment for instruction
enrollment · dormitory · professor · scholarship · athletics · graduation
Smyrna
Former name of Izmir
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
- townshipCounty's smaller division
expansion
Increase in scope
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- suburbsResidential areas outside cities
- housingDwellings or protective covering
construction · urbanization · sprawl · development · infrastructure · investment · employment · businesses · commuter · relocation
MurfreesboroNashville
Tennessee's largest city
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