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Murphy is a city in suburban Collin County, Texas, United States. The 2020 census reported the population as 21,013 [ 4 ] compared to 3,099 in 2000. Murphy is located northeast of Dallas and has a history that goes back to the late 1800s.
Murphy is a town in and the county seat of Cherokee County, North Carolina, United States. [4] It is situated at the confluence of the Hiwassee and Valley rivers. It is the westernmost county seat in the state of North Carolina, approximately 360 miles (580 km) from the state capital in Raleigh.
The county's first brick courthouse was constructed in 1844 in downtown Murphy. [15] Murphy was incorporated as the county seat in 1851. [16] Cherokee County's first industry, a tannery northeast of what would become Andrews, was established by James Stewart in 1852. [17]
Harshaw Chapel is the oldest surviving structure in Murphy, the oldest church building in Cherokee County, and the only surviving example of mid-nineteenth century brick architecture in the entire county. [5] The interior of Harshaw Chapel in 2023. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1]
Murphy is a census-designated place in, and the county seat of, Owyhee County, Idaho, United States. [2] It is among the smallest of county seats nationwide, with a population as of the 2020 census of 96. [3] [4] Murphy is part of the Boise City–Nampa, Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area.
U.S. Route 64 (US 64) is the longest numbered route in the U.S. state of North Carolina, running 604 miles (972 km) from the Tennessee state line to the Outer Banks.The route passes through the westernmost municipality in the state, Murphy, and one of the most easternmost municipalities, Manteo, making US 64 a symbolic representation of the phrase "from Murphy to Manteo" which is used to refer ...
Interstate 20 (I‑20) is a major east–west Interstate Highway in the Southern United States.I-20 runs 1,539 miles (2,477 km) beginning at an interchange with I-10 in Reeves County, Texas, and ending at an interchange with I-95 in Florence, South Carolina.
The fire proved to be the catalyst to move the county seat to a more central location. The name was decided for the new town when William C. Murphy's name was drawn from a hat containing the names of the three commissioners who chose the new location, a 20-acre (81,000 m 2) tract of land donated by Dr. John Logan and Elizabeth Logan.