Murray, Kentucky
Murray, Kentucky A portion of Murray as seen from US Hwy 641 A portion of Murray as seen from US Hwy 641 Murray Murray is a home rule-class town/city in Calloway County, Kentucky, in the United States.
It is the home of Murray State University.
Calloway County courthouse on Murray's court square The town/city now known as Murray began as a postal service and trading center sometime in the early 1820s.
Murray was not the first county seat, which was at Wadesboro.
It was felt that a more centrally positioned governmental center of county was needed, and as the village of Murray was at the geographic center, it was chosen.
A new courthouse was assembled along with a jail, and the town Murray was laid out on an 80-acre (320,000 m2) plot subdivided into 137 company and residentiary lots divided by eight streets. Monument honoring the Confederate soldiers on the northeast corner of the Murray court square Kentucky did not officially secede from the Union amid the Civil War, instead declaring its neutrality, but both Murray and Calloway County were firmly pro-Confederate.
A diary kept by Josh Ellison of Murray tells that one evening amid the winter of 1864-65, a detachment of Union soldiers from Paducah torched every buildings on the east side of the court square, three days later burning all those north of the square. Murray is positioned at 36 36 34 N 88 18 56 W (36.609494, 88.315656), 7 miles (11 km) north of the Tennessee border.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 11.3 square miles (29.2 km2), of which 0.29 square miles (0.75 km2), or 0.26%, is water. Murray is situated 15 miles (24 km) west of the 170,000 acres (690 km2) Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, which offers hiking, elk and bison viewing, birding, 1850s historic buildings, planetarium, nature center, off-highway vehicle riding, fishing, boating, swimming, camping, and a large wildlife population.
Murray has a humid subtropical climate and four distinct seasons.
Murray has had a several tornadoes and storms in recent years and has been the site of two F4 tornadoes.
On February 5, 2008, Kentucky and encircling states were subject to many violent tornadoes with some of them in Western Kentucky.
Climate data for Murray, Kentucky Average snowy days 2.6 2.4 .8 0 0 0 0 0 0 .1 .2 1.0 7.1 Murray boasts one of the lowest crime rates in Kentucky.
The total crime threat index score for Murray is 54, which is 46 points below the nationwide crime threat score of 100.
The town/city of Murray is host to a several theological assemblies of various faiths.
There are approximately 75 theological institutions inside the town/city of Murray and encircling area. Some of the denominations that make their home in Murray include, Baptist, Catholic, Episcopal, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Christian Science, Church of Christ, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Pentecostal, Presbyterian, Methodist, and Non-Denominational.
Baptists are the most prominent faith in Murray with over 25 Baptist churches inside the Murray area. Murray plays host to a several annual celebrations and affairs.
Perhaps the most well known Murray festival is the annual Freedom Fest celebration.
The festival turns historic downtown Murray into olde London from centuries ago.
Other celebrations include the West Kentucky Highland Games and Festival, the Lumberjack Challenge, the RC Aircraft Fly-in and the Murray Ice Cream Festival (which occurs in early September) Murray State University has hosted Festival of Champions as the earliest, largest, and most prestigious marching band celebrations of its kind in the South since 1976.
On October 4, 2008, a Bands of America county-wide competition was held at Murray State University.
The competition encompassed marching band performances from various high schools from the southeast and an exhibition performance by the Murray State Racer Band.
Murray offers tourists and people tastes of culture that are usually only available in larger cities.
The Wrather West Kentucky Museum is positioned in the first building constructed on the ground of Murray State University and has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Murray has three town/city parks that cover over 200 acres (0.8 km2) of territory - Central Park, Chestnut Park and Bee Creek.
A three-pool improve swimming complex & Owens Spray Park is homed in Murray's Central Park.
The parks also have 9 veiled picnic pavilions for family gatherings, the Murray Rotary amphitheater and west Kentucky's first dog park.
The theatre is positioned in Murray's Central Park and is homed in a 1907 train and freight depot.
See also: Murray State Racers Murray's CFSB Center, home of the Murray State University men's and women's basketball programs College athletics are the sporting affairs of choice in the Murray area.
Murray State University participates in NCAA Division I athletics which is the highest level of collegiate athletics.
The college has 16 athletic programs that compete in the Ohio Valley Conference and have provided 117 conference titles since 1948. The most prominent sport at Murray State is the men's basketball program.
The basketball program is one of the winningest programs in NCAA history with over 1,300 wins and an all-time winning percentage of .637, which places Murray State 20th best in NCAA history. Murray State has won 23 regular season Ohio Valley Conference titles and 15 OVC Tournament titles, which is the best in the OVC. The men's basketball program has produced a number of NBA players, most prominently Jeff Martin, Popeye Jones, Isaiah Canaan, Cameron Payne, and Joe Fulks, who is a Basketball Hall of Fame inductee and has been credited with being one of the pioneers of the jump shot. Roy Stewart Stadium, home of the Murray State football program Murray State football, although not as prominent as basketball, is also rich in winning tradition and is well followed.
Ralph Friedgen, Frank Beamer, Mike Gottfried, Houston Nutt, and Ron Zook have all had their coaching careers run through the Murray State football program.
The Murray State football program has won more than 400 games, the most decisive win coming in 1932 when Murray State beat the University of Louisville 105 0. The program is run through the department of undivided languages at Murray State and is open, no-charge of charge, to students and the public.
The Murray Independent School fitness has been a part of the Murray improve since 1872, when the first enhance school was assembled in the center of town.
Murray's school fitness has an enrollment of over 1,800 students and is known for offering an excellent enhance education.
In 2006, the Murray High School test scores were ranked as being 9th in the state of Kentucky.
Standard & Poor's recognized the Murray Independent school precinct as being one of only 18 Kentucky school districts as an outperforming school district.
Students from northern and Murray attend schools in the Calloway County School District, while those from the rest of the town/city attend those in the Murray Independent school district. See also: Murray State University Murray is the home of Murray State University, a four-year enhance university.
The college was established in 1922 as the Murray Normal School.
The only daily journal in the town/city of Murray is the Murray Ledger & Times.
The Murray State News is a weekly, award-winning student produced journal that has turn into popular, not only with students, but with regular people of Murray.
Murray has four airways broadcasts that reach audiences well beyond the town/city of Murray.
Murray has two tv stations: WKMU 21, the small-town transmitter for the statewide KET enhance tv network, and WQTV, a CW partner associated with KFVS 12, the region's CBS partner in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
The four-lane US 641 north of Murray is heavily traveled and can see well over 25,000 cars per day inside Murray.
Currently, US 641 from the south of Murray is a two-lane highway until it reaches the Tennessee state line.
The current two-lane version has turn into too saturated due to the high number of people of Tennessee who come to Murray to save on revenue tax and the large number of Murray inhabitants who had to travel to Tennessee to buy packaged alcohol before the town/city voted fully wet in July 2012. The highway links Columbus, Kentucky, to the Virginia border and passes just north of Murray.
The highway is expected to increase tourism and trade in the Murray area. Elongated circle 94.svg Kentucky 94, locally known as Main Street, is the chief east-west road that runs directly through Murray.
Elongated circle 121.svg Kentucky 121, locally known as 4th Street, is another highway that runs through Murray.
Other road projects in Murray are to include the widening of Kentucky 121 through the town/city of Murray.
The airport in Murray is the Murray-Calloway County Airport.
The Murray Calloway Transit Authority recently started the "Racer Routes" service that provides four enhance bus routes throughout Murray.
The KWT Railway starts one mile (1.6 km) north of Murray and travels south to Bruceton, Tennessee, where it joins with CSX stockyards that travels to Memphis and beyond.
Electric service in the town/city of Murray is provided by the Murray Electric System.
In turn, electric customers in Murray appreciate one of the lowest electric rates in the United States.
Natural gas and water service falls under the town/city of Murray's Public Works department.
The Murray sewage treatment plant treats 4 million gallons of sewage per day and is connected with 122 miles (196 km) of sanitary sewage piping. a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Murray city, Kentucky".
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2007 Murray State Football Media Guide Murray State Championships Murray State University Football Records Book Murray Independent Schools Overview Murray State University Quick Facts Murray Business & Industry Murray Ledger & Times City/County Circulation Numbers List of Road Projects in Murray Murray Electric Residential Rates Murray Natural Gas Facts Murray Water Quick Facts Murray Sanitary Sewer System City of Murray official website Murray Electric System Murray Ledger & Times The Murray State News Murray State University Municipalities and communities of Calloway County, Kentucky, United States
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