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Place Description
Murphy Branch

rises in S Mitchell County and flows W into Crabtree Creek.
Murphy Falls

on Big Crabtree Creek on the Mitchell-Yancey county line.
Murphy Gap

NE Graham County.
Murphy Township

central Cherokee County.
Murray Branch

rises in E Haywood County in Buckeye Cove and flows S into Pigeon River.
Murray Cove

S Haywood County on a tributary of Little East Fork Pigeon River.
Murray Creek

rises in S central Henderson County and flows N into Greer Creek.
Murray Gap

W Haywood County between Huckleberry Knob and Winding Knob.
Murraysville

community in N New Hanover County.
Murrayville

former community on Cane Creek in N Henderson County (then Buncombe County); named for William Murray, whose home was there. Buncombe Turnpike ran nearby. A post office operated there, 1806 to ca. 1827. The Catawba grape was discovered growing in the vicinity.