Welcome to Murraysville ...

So far, we found very little information about Murraysville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Murraysville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Murraysville - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Murraysville, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Murraysville , we believe that it would have been located within present day Lorain County<2>.

The pronunciation of Murraysville: MUR-eez<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Murraysville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1828.

Time Zone: The area where Murraysville was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Murraysville would have been located in the (440) area code.

Websites for Murraysville ...

Chamber of Commerce: www.loraincountychamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Murraysville, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Murraysville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Murraysville - they are located in North Carolina, South Carolina and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Murraysville.

Adding Murraysville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Murraysville in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Murraysville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Murraysville post office opened in 1828.

We also found Murraysville in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Murraysville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Lorain County: www.loraincounty.us

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Murraysville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Lorain, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	The pronunciation we've provided is our attempt to give a phonetic pronunciation for Murraysville. While it might not be exactly right, hopefully it will be close. If we have it wrong or there's a better way to pronounce the name, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
<4>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/