Murray is a city in Clarke County, Iowa, United States.

[3] Murray was founded in 1868 as Oakland[4] following the construction of the Burlington & Missouri River Rail Road through the State.

[5] The village was laid out in 1868 by Henry Clay Sigler (1830–1907) of Osceola and Smith Henderson Mallory (1835–1903) of Chariton.

The first U.S. Post Office in Oakland was established in the Fall of 1868 – In section 10, Troy Township.

[6][7][8][9] Straub had been a member of Company E of the 50th Illinois Infantry Regiment and served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Murray was incorporated as a city Thursday, October 21, 1880 – thirty-four years after Clarke County had been established by the Territorial Legislature (January 13, 1846).

[11] According to the United States Census Bureau, Murray has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km2), all land.

[1] The city is in western Clarke County, along the historic Mormon Trail.

Driving distances from Murray: As of the census of 2020,[15] there were 684 people, 297 households, and 191 families residing in the city.

The racial makeup of the city was 98.1% White, 0.5% African American, and 1.3% from other races.