Murvaul, Texas
Unincorporated community in Texas, US
Murvaul is a rural unincorporated community in south-central Panola County, Texas, United States, on Farm to Market Road 10 and Murvaul Creek, eight miles south of Carthage.
The area was settled by European-Americans in the early 1860s. A post office operated there from 1874 to 1880 and from 1899 to 1918. In 1882, the reported population was 200. Circa 1900, the community served as a stop on the Texas and Gulf Railroad.
By the early 1990s, only a few scattered dwellings remained.
It is the birthplace of Tex Ritter.
External links
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Murvaul, Texas
- Murvaul, Texas -- Handbook of Texas Online
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Municipalities and communities of Panola County, Texas, United States
County seat: Carthage
- Beckville
- Carthage
- Tatum‡
- Gary City
communities
- Bethany‡
- Centennial
- Clayton
- Corinth
- Deadwood
- DeBerry
- Fair Play
- Galloway
- Grand Bluff
- Long Branch
- Midyett
- Murvaul
- Old Center
- Panola
- Riderville
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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32°03′01″N 94°22′36″W / 32.0502°N 94.3766°W / 32.0502; -94.3766
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