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Murray County, Oklahoma

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
7historic places
—earliest paper
1907formed
13,904pop. 2020
19cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 7 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1975; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Sulphur, Davis, Sulpher.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Oklahoma is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Murray titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

4 of 7 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

7 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Davis Santa Fe DepotDavisBuilding1994
Historic Downtown Sulphur Commercial DistrictSulphurDistrict2001
Lowrance Springs SiteSulphurSite1975
Murray County CourthouseSulphurBuilding1984
Platt National Park Historic District NHLSulpherDistrict2011
Sulphur ArmorySulphurBuilding1994
Travertine Nature CenterSulphurBuilding2011

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Murray was formed in 1907 (1907-11-16) from former Indian Territory.

MURRAY created from former Indian Territory.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Murray County population from 1900 to 2020 (Census historical series).

14k12k11k19001920196020002020
19001920194019501960198020002020
11,94813,11513,84110,77510,62212,14712,62313,904

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Chickasaw National Recreation AreaPark unit7.4 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

19 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 19 of 19 listed
NameLatLon
Big Canyon Cemetery34.36312-97.02591
Buckhorn Cemetery34.4623-96.95139
Dougherty Cemetery34.39936-97.04233
Drake - Nebo Cemetery34.38986-96.97294
Fletcher Cemetery34.4887-96.89085
Green Hill Cemetery34.49885-97.12946
Hennepin Cemetery34.49136-97.34457
Hickory Cemetery34.55406-96.86898
Iona Cemetery34.61836-97.02931
James Cemetery34.45929-97.12174
Oak Ridge Cemetery34.50502-97.13001
Oaklawn Cemetery34.54703-96.98252
Palmer Cemetery34.56703-96.95085
Price Cemetery34.43234-97.09632
Salem Presbyterian Cemetery34.61533-96.96647
Sandy Baptist Church Cemetery34.54827-97.02858
Scullin Cemetery34.52089-96.86508
Shirley Family Cemetery34.54111-96.95999
Wheeler Flats Cemetery34.56139-97.14029

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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