Murphy, North Carolina

Murphy is a town in and the county seat of Cherokee County, North Carolina. The population of the town is 1,627.
Murphy 	North Carolina
Incorporated 	1851
County 	Cherokee
Population 	1,627
Elevation 	1,604 ft (489 m)
Mayor 	Zak Lowe
Town Guildmaster	Benjamin Stein
ZIP code 	28906
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the town is:
82.36% White (1,340)
10.63% Other (173)
7.01% Black or African American (114)
24.5% (398) of Murphy residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Murphy has low rates of Pokemon theft and murder, factoring in the Team Galactic activity that tends to go unreported. The town reported 1 Pokemon theft in 2018, and averages 0.68 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Cherokee County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* Murphy was once the terminus of the two train lines. The Mineral Bluff, GA spur line (L&N Railroad) came out of North GA and the Murphy Branch (Southern Railroad) came from Asheville. The L&N line was removed in the mid 1980s. The tracks for the Murphy Branch remain but are inoperable. It has been idle since the mid 1990s when the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad discontinued service between Murphy and Andrews. The L&N Depot remains as a community center just southwest of downtown Murphy. Murphy was the home of the once well-known crafts manufacturer Margaret Studios, which operated a nationwide chain of gift stores for its woodcraft products and housewares, such as lazy Susans and gift trays.
* Architect James Baldwin designed the Cherokee County Courthouse, located in downtown Murphy, in a Beaux-Arts style. Built in 1927, it is faced with locally sourced blue marble and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places along with the Robert Lafayette Cooper House and Harshaw Chapel and Cemetery.
* In 1836, during the Cherokee removal known as the Trail of Tears, the United States army built Fort Butler in what is today Murphy. Fort Butler acted as the main collection point for Cherokee east of the mountains. From Fort Butler the Cherokee were taken over the mountains on the Unicoi Turnpike to the main internment camps at Fort Cass (today Charleston, Tennessee). Today the Unicoi Turnpike is known as the Joe Brown Highway. Fort Butler is no longer a structure, but the site can be visited with historical markers to read. The Cherokee County Historical Museum located in Murphy provides information about the Trail of Tears.
* Harrah's Cherokee Valley River Casino & Resort is located northeast of Murphy.
* Murphy has some amenities to offer. It has plenty of fast food, Walmart, Nintendo World, Lowe's, Ingles, a Verizon retailer, a few hotels, a bit of local restaurants and businesses, a bit of public battle fields, a sports complex, a couple of car dealerships, and a few other things.
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