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Murray, Utah
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Learn about Murray, Utah. Below you can find community information, including vital statistics, information on local schools as well as resources for finding real estate listings and homes for sale in Murray.
Murray City, originally known as South Cottonwood, lies eight miles south of Salt Lake City between Big and Little Cottonwood Creeks. The city’s central location makes Murray an ideal bedroom community and area of small businesses and service industries. Murray City proudly offers a relaxed and comfortable "hometown" lifestyle with all the metropolitan conveniences. Murray has just about everything and what it has is top rate. Most Murray residents are employed in office, service, and industrial jobs throughout Salt Lake Valley.
Murray is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. The population was 34,024 at the 2000 census. Its estimated population in 2005 was 44,555. Nearly all of the growth is due to an annexation of a portion of the Cottonwood West CDP. From 1950 to the present, Murray's population has continued to expand and prosper.
The Murray City School District was created on January 1, 1906. It has eleven schools: seven elementaries, two junior highs, (Riverview and Hillcrest), one high school (Murray), and an alternative high school (Creekside), which will be closing in 2006.
General Facts and Information
- Median resident age: 31.0 years
- Median household income: $45,569 (year 2000)
- Median house value: $159,200 (year 2000)
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