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Murray, KY
Kentucky · Calloway County
Murray is a small city in Kentucky with a population of 17,888. Residents earn $40,348 per year, which is 46% below the national average.
3.0
/5.0
B
Good
17,888
Population
1,530/sq mi density
$40,348
Median Income
$24,946 per capita
$193,300
Home Value
$195,859 Zillow
$835
Median Rent
31.1% income on rent
59°F
Avg Temperature
299 sunny days/yr
102
Violent Crime/100K
1,934 property/100K
B
Overall
3.0 / 5.0
Good overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
B
Economy
3.1 / 5.0
$40,348 median income, 2.8% unemployment
B+
Affordability
4.0 / 5.0
$193,300 home value, $835/mo rent
F
Safety
1.0 / 5.0
102 violent crimes/100K (73% below avg)
B+
Education
4.0 / 5.0
37.0% bachelor's degree or higher
Explore Near Murray
Historic Markers
8
Officially designated historical markers from the Historical Marker Database
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Haunted Places
5
Locations with documented reports of paranormal activity and sightings
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Mines
1
Active and inactive mining sites tracked by the Mine Safety and Health Administration
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Haunted Places Near Murray, KY
5 reported haunted locations found near Murray, KY.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Coles Campground Cemetery | Graves shift sometimes, strange noises can be heard in the surrounding woods, and this is just during the daytime. At night there is an odd feeling, a feeling of true urgency that is indescribable. Although it is too dark to see anything properly. The farther back you go in the graveyard the older the tombstones get. One is just an crudely carved stone slab that becomes illegible after a few lines. |
| Murray State University | Fine Arts Building - An apparition has been accompanied with very cold air. The Fine Arts elevators always seem to hang on the forth floor; the significance of this is unknown. Any when you ride them there is a weird sense of impending doom. |
| Murray State University | Fine Arts Building -The elevator - they have completely gutted the elevator shaft several times to no avail the young female student who feel to her death in the shaft after the door opened and there was no elevator there. She takes out her revenge upon the riders of the elevator; the elevator shakes and rattles as it travels up and down the shaft. It stops constantly between floors, the doors constantly refuse to close. |
| Murray State University | Hester Hall - In 1998 there was a fire in Hester hall at Murray state university. A young man was purposely trapped in his room and perished in the fire. The room was room 402. The dorm reopened the following and only incoming freshmen were placed on the floor. Former resident claims Room 402 always had a scary presence about it and standing outside the door one felt watched. The room was kept empty and like all empty rooms it was supposed to be locked yet often if you walked up to the door i... |
| Murry State University | SigEp House - An old lady by the name of "Ma" Crawford rented rooms out to the brothers of Sigma Phi Epsilon at Murray State University when their house burned down in the 1970s. When she died, the brothers inherited the house and still live in it today. She is still heard walking up and down the stairs, the light in what used to be her bedroom still turns off and on from time to time with no one touching it, and you hear people talking downstairs in the living room when no one is down there.... |