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History · Murry

Murry’s post office opened in 1892, and 19% of its homes were built before 1940

1892first post office
0on the National Register
19%homes built before 1940
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How Murry began

When was Murry founded?

1892

The Murry post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 247134 years
Founding year: the first Murry post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Murry had its own post office from 1892 to 1921.

Murry
1892–1921
18901960today
Gone or out of use
Glendale SchoolschoolLong Pine SchoolschoolMurry SchoolschoolNorth Star Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Murry
Saint Anns

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

HubbardIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAtlantaIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWilsonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMeteorIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWeirgorIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Murry’s history

What year was Murry founded?

The Murry post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.