Do you know of Murphy ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Murphy. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Murphy.<1>
Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Murphy, so we are uncertain whether Murphy is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name.<2> While we don't have its location, we believe that Murphy would be found somewhere in Yalobusha County, Mississippi.
Communities Also Named Murphy ...
We found 23 communities that share the name Murphy.
There is one other community in Mississippi which is also named Murphy.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Mississippi ...
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Murphy [Washington County].
- Washington County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Georgia
- Colquitt County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Murphy [Colquitt County].
- Idaho
- Owyhee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Murphy [Owyhee County].
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Michigan
- Baraga County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Murphy [Baraga County].
- Isabella County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Murphy [Isabella County].
- Missouri
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Murphy [Jefferson County].
- Nebraska
- Hamilton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Murphy [Hamilton County].
- Nevada
- Churchill County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Murphy [Churchill County].
- New Jersey
- Camden County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Murphy [Camden County].
- North Carolina
- Cherokee County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Murphy [Cherokee County].
- Ohio
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Murphy [Washington County].
- Oklahoma
- Mayes County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Murphy [Mayes County].
- Oregon
- Josephine County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Murphy [Josephine County].
- South Dakota
- Pennington County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Murphy [Pennington County].
- Texas
- Collin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Murphy [Collin County].
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Barbour County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Murphy [Barbour County].
More Orphans in Yalobusha County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Yalobusha County.
| Air Mount | |
| Lacewood | |
| Blanche | Long Percimmon |
| California | Nolen |
| Coulter | |
| Criss | Post Oak |
| Cuddyhunk | |
| Sayle | |
| Dickson | Shannons |
| Froston | Tilatoba |
| Torrance | |
| Garner | Troy |
| Hatton | Wiseman |
| Jones Mills | Yalobusha |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Murphy could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |