[6] The community is notable for having the largest number of Irish Traveller Americans in the United States.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.4 km2), all land.

[9] Having emigrated from Ireland to various parts of the United States, a large number of Catholic Travellers began to congregate at the Parish of Our Lady of Peace in North Augusta after its construction in 1948.

[10][11] St. Edward Catholic Church was constructed in Murphy Village in 1964 to serve the Travellers.

[7] Due to cultural differences, relations between the community and non-Travellers are sometimes tense; the group has been stereotyped by "outsiders" as being involved in criminal activity, forced marriages, and child abuse.

[13][11] As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,719 people, 461 households, and 355 families residing in the CDP.