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Welcome to Murphy Ford ...

Murphy Ford is located in Blount County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Murphy Ford: Murphy Frd.

Murphy Ford is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Murphy Ford lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Murphy Ford: 205 & 659<3>

Communities Also Named Murphy Ford ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Murphy Ford - it's located in Kentucky.

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

Communities near Murphy Ford ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Murphy Ford.

  • Oneonta
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Springville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Hanceville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Ashville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Blountsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Hayden
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Cleveland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Locust Fork
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Steele
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Steele is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,093 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Steele <4>
  • Altoona
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Murphy Ford. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Murphy Ford.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Murphy Ford. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Murphy Ford.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Murphy Ford. See our Newspapers Page for Murphy Ford.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Murphy Ford ...

Looking for more information about Murphy Ford? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Murphy Ford, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Murphy Ford.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Blount, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Murphy Ford - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 205 code has been Overlayed with the 659 area code. New phone numbers in the Murphy Ford area will be assigned with one of these codes: 205 or 659. As a result, placing a call in the Murphy Ford area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.