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 5,174 housing units.

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 37.04 square miles (95.9 km), of which 36.28 square miles (94.0 km) (or 97.95%) is land and 0.76 square miles (2.0 km) (or 2.05%) is water.

• Carbondale (west edge)
• Murphysboro (south three-quarters)

• Mount Carbon at 37°45′07″N 89°19′16″W / 37.751995°N 89.321199°W / 37.751995; -89.321199
• Poplar Ridge at 37°42′01″N 89°22′14″W / 37.700328°N 89.370646°W / 37.700328; -89.370646
• Texas Junction at 37°45′35″N 89°19′24″W / 37.759773°N 89.323422°W / 37.759773; -89.323422

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

• Somerset Township (north)
• DeSoto Township (northeast)
• Carbondale Township (east)
• Makanda Township (southeast)
• Pomona Township (south)
• Sand Ridge Township (west)
• Levan Township (northwest)

The township contains these twelve cemeteries: Bostick, Hall, Hiller-Crab Orchard, Mount Carbon, Mount Pleasant, Murdale Gardens of Memory, Murphysboro City, Pleasant Grove Memorial, Poplar Ridge, Saint Andrews, Tower Grove and Worthen.

• Illinois Route 13
• Illinois Route 127
• Illinois Route 149

• Saint Joseph Memorial Hospital Heliport

• Browns Lake
• Carbon Lake
• Country Club Lake

• Lake Murphysboro State Park (southeast edge)
• Riverside Park

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2016 (est.)	10,202
U.S. Decennial Census

• Murphysboro Community Unit School District 186

• Illinois' 12th congressional district
• State House District 115
• State Senate District 58

• "Murphysboro Township, Jackson County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 17, 2010.
• United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• United States National Atlas

• City-Data.com
• Illinois State Archives
• City of Murphysboro Website