THE MURFREESBORO LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Cretaceous Dissected Uplands setting.
Murfreesboro city has 3.68 square miles of land in Pike County. Its Census reference point is in Cretaceous Dissected Uplands, within South Central Plains.
The Piney Woods occupy irregular plains at the western edge of the southern forest belt. Pine and hardwood landscapes alternate with wider river corridors such as the Red River valley.
Regional context: South Central Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Murfreesboro and Pike County
Murfreesboro is associated with Pike County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Murfreesboro by land and water
The Census records 0.03 square miles of water within Murfreesboro, or 0.9% of its total area. It is 1.3 percentage points lower than the 2.2% recorded for Pike County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Murfreesboro city has 5 times the land area of nearby McCaskill town (0.74 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

