Murray
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city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Utah
- County
- Salt Lake
- Incorporated
- January 3, 1903
- Named after
- Eli Houston Murray
- Type
- Mayor-Council
- Mayor
- Brett Hales
- Total
- 12.32 sq mi (31.92 km )
- Land
- 12.32 sq mi (31.91 km )
- Water
- 0.0039 sq mi (0.01 km )
- Elevation
- 4,301 ft (1,311 m)
- Density
- 3,969.8/sq mi (1,532.75/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( MST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Zip codes
- 84107, 84117, 84121, 84123
- Area codes
- 385, 801
- Fips code
- 49-53230
- Demonym
- Murrayite
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Murray
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Salt Lake County
- Population
- 50637
- Area
- 31.840238
- Elevation
- 1311
- Time zone
- Mountain Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Midvale
- Official website
- www.murray.utah.gov
- Image
- Murray City Hall.JPG
- Households
- 19084
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- twinned administrative body
- Chiayi City
- Commons category
- Murray, Utah
- topic's main category
- Category:Murray, Utah
- inception
- 1848-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Murray, Utah
- water as percent of area
- 0.0161
- per capita income
- 35046
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Salt Lake City metropolitan area
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Encyclopedic overview
Murray (/ˈmʌri/) is a city situated on the Wasatch Front in the core of Salt Lake Valley in the U.S. state of Utah. Named for territorial governor Eli Murray, the city had a population of 50,637 as of the 2020 United States Census. Murray shares borders with Taylorsville, Holladay, South Salt Lake, Millcreek and West Jordan, Utah. Once teeming with heavy industry, Murray's industry mix has now shifted significantly toward healthcare, retail, and professional, scientific, and technical services. Known for its central location in Salt Lake County, Murray has been called the Hub of Salt Lake County.
Unlike most of its neighboring communities which use unified civic services, Murray operates its own police, fire, power, water, library, and parks and recreation departments and also has its own school district. While maintaining many of its own services, Murray has one of the lowest city tax rates in the state.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Murray” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.