Murray City is a village in Hocking County, Ohio, United States.

It was named for John Murray Brown, the original owner of the town site.

[4] John Murray Brown was an early settler who bought up the land to lay out the town.

He built a hotel in 1875 for the local workers but sold his interests in the community a few years later to a large coal company.

Murray City was once one of the largest coal towns in the country with over 2,000 residents.

[citation needed] Murray City is located along the Snow Fork, a tributary of Monday Creek.

[5] According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.32 square miles (0.83 km2), all land.