County Information
Created: 1857
Parent County: Lyon
Named For: William Pitt Murray, politician
County Seat: Slayton
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Murray County Courthouse, built in 1892
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BIOS: transcribed by Robin Line - Niels Jacobson, Solon Osmond Morse, Mark N. Tisdale, Charles L. Todd, John S. Tolversen
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