Loading map...

2019 Map of Murray

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Murray
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Murray serves as the central hub of this Calloway County landscape, where an extensive grid of streets like Main St and Chestnut St gives way to a sprawling network of rural homesteads and agricultural tracts. The terrain is defined by the hydrologic system of the Clarks River and its numerous tributaries, including the Middle Fork Clarks River and East Fork Clarks River. These waterways historically dictated the placement of early settlements and family cemeteries that remain preserved today.

Genealogists will find a high density of burial sites scattered across the landscape, from the large Murray Cem near the city center to smaller family and community grounds such as England Cem, Green Plains Cem, and Hazel Cem near the southern border town of Hazel. The transition from urban center to rural crossroads is marked by locations like Five Points and Bakers Crossroads, while the Brandon Airdrome and Martin Chapel provide localized landmarks of community life and commerce.