Murvaul, Texas

Last updated

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.

32°03′01″N94°22′36″W / 32.0502°N 94.3766°W / 32.0502; -94.3766


Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Titus County, Texas</span> County in Texas, United States

Titus County is a county located in the northeastern region of the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 31,247. Its county seat is Mount Pleasant. The county is named for Andrew Jackson Titus, an early settler. Titus County comprises the Mount Pleasant micropolitan statistical area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rusk County, Texas</span> County in Texas, United States

Rusk County is a county located in Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 52,214. Its county seat is Henderson. The county is named for Thomas Jefferson Rusk, a secretary of war of the Republic of Texas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Parker County, Texas</span> County in Texas, United States

Parker County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 148,222. The county seat is Weatherford. The county was created in 1855 and organized the following year. It is named for Isaac Parker, a state legislator who introduced the bill that established the county in 1855. Parker later fought in the Texas Brigade.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ore City, Texas</span> City in Texas, United States

Ore City is a city in Upshur County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,108 at the 2020 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Karnack, Texas</span> Unincorporated community in Texas, US

Karnack is a rural unincorporated community in northeastern Harrison County near Caddo Lake in the eastern region of the U.S. state of Texas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Elysian Fields, Texas</span> Unincorporated community in Texas, US

Elysian Fields is a rural unincorporated community in Harrison County, Texas, United States. It lies 11 miles southeast of the county seat of Marshall.

Gill is a rural unincorporated community in south central Harrison County, Texas, United States. It is six miles south of the county seat, Marshall, on U.S. Route 59.

Jonesville is a rural unincorporated community in eastern Harrison County, Texas, United States. The community is located just west of Waskom, or approximately 20 miles east of the county seat, Marshall.

Latex is a rural unincorporated community in Harrison County, Texas, United States. It lies approximately 15 miles northeast of the county seat, Marshall. The community's name was derived neither from the rubber product nor the document preparation system, but from the names of the states of Texas and Louisiana.

McLeod is an unincorporated community in southeastern Cass County, Texas, United States.

Diana is an unincorporated community in Upshur County, Texas, United States. The community is north of Longview and south of Ore City on U.S. Highway 259.

Shiloh is a small unincorporated farming community on Shiloh Road near White Oak in north central Gregg County, Texas, United States. Located just south of the Upshur County line, Shiloh was established by formerly enslaved African Americans just after the end of the Civil War.

Galloway or Gallaway is a rural unincorporated community in southeastern Panola County, Texas, United States, on Farm to Market Road 31, 17 miles (27 km) southeast of Carthage and 2 miles (3 km) from the Louisiana state line and De Soto Parish.

Long Branch is an unincorporated community in Panola County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 181 in 2000.

Coffeeville is a ghost town in northeastern Upshur County in East Texas, United States. It is one of the oldest settlements in East Texas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">DeBerry, Texas</span> Unincorporated community in Texas, US

DeBerry is an unincorporated community in Panola County, Texas, United States. The community has an estimated population of 3,305.

Panola is an unincorporated community in Panola County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 296 in 2000.

Clayton is an unincorporated community in Panola County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 79 in 2000.

Judson is an unincorporated community in Gregg County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 650 in 2000. It is part of the Longview, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Bogus Springs, also known as Baugus Springs, was an unincorporated community in Cass County, Texas, United States, located approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) from McLeod. The settlement was abandoned by 1986.