 murray county is a county located in the u.s. state of minnesota. the population was 8,725 at the 2010 census. its county seat is slayton. the county was formed in 1857 and organized in 1872. ==history== during the 1880s, there was a "war" to decide whether currie or slayton would be the county seat.early w. murray co. mn hist., pages 76-77, retrieved august 3, 2007 in the history of record keeping, minnesota has been struck by two f-5 tornadoes, and both occurred in murray county: the chandler-lake wilson tornado (june 16, 1992) and the tracy tornado (june 13, 1968) that began in murray county before crossing north into lyon county. ==geography== according to the u.s. census bureau, the county has a total area of , of which  is land and  (2.1%) is water. the mississippi-missouri watershed divide runs through the western part of the county, near chandler, along what is locally known as buffalo ridge. the highest point is in chanarambie township, over 1920 feet above sea level. [[file:murray_co_pie_chart_no_text_version.pdf|thumb|right|native vegetation based on nrcs soils informationnelson, steven (2011). savanna soils of minnesota. minnesota: self. pp. 69-70. isbn 978
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