Murray Iowa Map

About Murray, Iowa

Murray is a locality in Clarke County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 684. The population density is 330.1 people per km². Murray is located at 41.0417°N, 93.9494°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Murray is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50174.

Murray emerges from the vast, dark-soiled expanse of the Iowa prairie as a collection of rooftops and grain silos rising against an immense, unblinking sky. It lies 29.9 miles southwest of Indianola, IA (from Indianola, IA: bearing 223°T), and is situated 9.6 miles west of Osceola. The horizon stretches thin and flat in every direction, broken only by the deliberate geometry of corn and soybean fields that drink the summer rain and turn a deep, heavy green. A mile to the east, the quiet ribbon of Sevenmile Creek cuts a shallow, meandering path through the earth, its banks shaded by thickets of cottonwood and willow that catch the golden, slanting light of late afternoon. Beyond the immediate fields, the earth maintains a steady, rhythmic swell, a subtle topography that holds the heat of the day long after the sun has slipped behind the western fences.

Murray maintains a quiet, industrious pulse, anchored by the cycles of the harvest and the steady movement of heavy machinery along the grid of gravel roads. The settlement bears the quiet weight of its agricultural heritage, where the labor of the day is measured in bushels and the slow accumulation of seasonal change. Just a mile away, Murray Roadside Park offers a modest pause for the traveler, a sliver of green space that serves as a waypoint in the vast, open country. Life here feels tied to the land’s patient endurance, a steady persistence that finds its own small, local gravity. Six miles to the west, the waters of West Lake sit still and gray under the morning mist, serving as a silent witness to the generations who have worked this soil and built their lives in the shadow of the tall grass.

About This Murray Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Murray, Iowa. Coordinates: 41.04166, -93.949392. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Murray includes the ZIP code (50174), telephone area code (515), county seat of Clarke County (Osceola), and school district assignment (Murray Community School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.