Murvaul, Texas

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 Europeans 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.

External links

• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Murvaul, Texas
• Murvaul, Texas -- Handbook of Texas Online

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Municipalities and communities of Panola County, Texas, United States

County seat: Carthage

Cities

• Beckville
• Carthage
• Tatum‡

Town

• Gary City

Unincorporated
communities

• Bethany‡
• Centennial
• Clayton
• Corinth
• Deadwood
• DeBerry
• Fair Play
• Galloway
• Long Branch
• Murvaul
• Panola

Ghost town

• Mineral Springs

Footnotes

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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