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Murphy

Murphy is a town in and the county seat of , United States. It is situated at the confluence of the and Valley rivers.
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  • Type: Town with 1,570 residents
  • Description: town in and county seat of Cherokee County, North Carolina. United States
  • Also known as: “Christie Ford”, “Huntersville”, “Murphy, NC”, “Murphy, North Carolina”, and “Tlanusi’yi”
  • Postal code: 28906

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cherokee County Courthouse and Harshaw Chapel and Cemetery.

Courthouse
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The is a historic courthouse in Murphy, , United States, the county seat of , that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Chapel
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is a historic Methodist and at Church and Central Streets in Murphy, , . Harshaw Chapel is the oldest surviving structure in Murphy, the oldest church building in Cherokee County, and the only surviving example of mid-nineteenth century brick architecture in the entire county.

Monument
was an important site during the Cherokee removal known as the Trail of Tears. Located on a hill overlooking present-day Murphy, North Carolina on the , was the headquarters of the Eastern Division of the U.S. Army overseeing the Cherokee Nation.

Murphy

Latitude
35.0879° or 35° 5′ 16″ north
Longitude
-84.0342° or 84° 2′ 3″ west
Population
1,570
Elevation
1,594 feet (486 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US ZMU
Open location code
867Q3XQ8+48
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154334016
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4481308
Wiki­data ID
Q2029042
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Volapük—“Murphy” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مرفي، كارولاينا الشماليه”
  • Arabic: “ميرفي”
  • Basque: “Murphy”
  • Catalan: “Murphy”
  • Cebuano: “Murphy”
  • Chechen: “Мерфи”
  • Chinese: “Murphy”
  • Chinese: “墨菲 (北卡羅萊納州)”
  • Chinese: “墨菲”
  • Dutch: “Murphy”
  • Esperanto: “Murphy”
  • French: “Murphy”
  • German: “Murphy”
  • Gilaki: “مرفي (کلسيايي کارؤلینا)”
  • Gilaki: “مرفي”
  • Haitian: “Murphy, Kawolin dinò”
  • Hungarian: “Murphy”
  • Irish: “Murphy, Carolina Thuaidh”
  • Irish: “Murphy”
  • Italian: “Murphy”
  • Ladin: “Murphy”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Murphy”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Murphy”
  • Norwegian: “Murphy”
  • Persian: “مرفی، کارولینای شمالی”
  • Persian: “مرفی”
  • Polish: “Murphy”
  • Portuguese: “Murphy”
  • Russian: “Мерфи (Северная Каролина)”
  • Russian: “Мерфи”
  • Serbian: “Мерфи”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Murphy, North Carolina”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Murphy”
  • Slovenian: “Murphy”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مورفی، قوزئی کارولینا”
  • Spanish: “Murphy”
  • Swedish: “Murphy, North Carolina”
  • Swedish: “Murphy”
  • Tatar: “Мерфи”
  • Ukrainian: “Мерфі”
  • Uzbek: “Murphy, North Carolina”
  • Uzbek: “Murphy”
  • Uzbek: “Мурпҳй”
  • Volapük: “Murphy, North Carolina”
  • Volapük: “Murphy”
  • “Murphy”

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