Murdock is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

(CDP) in

Kingman County, Kansas Kingman County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and largest city is Kingman. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 7,470. The county was named for Samuel Kingman, a chief justice of the Kansas S ...

, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 37. It is east-southeast of Kingman.

History

The post office in Murdock was established in 1884, but it was called New Murdock until 1910. Murdock has a

post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...

with ZIP code 67111.

Demographics

The 2020 United States census counted 37 people, 22 households, and 14 families in Murdock. The population density was 160.9 per square mile (62.1/km). There were 22 housing units at an average density of 95.7 per square mile (36.9/km). The racial makeup was 83.78% (31)

white White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no chroma). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully (or almost fully) reflect and scatter all the visible wa ...

European American European Americans are Americans of European ancestry. This term includes both people who descend from the first European settlers in the area of the present-day United States and people who descend from more recent European arrivals. Since th ...

(78.38%

non-Hispanic white Non-Hispanic Whites, also referred to as White Anglo Americans or Non-Latino Whites, are White Americans who are classified by the United States census as "White" and not of Hispanic or Latino origin. According to annual estimates from the Unit ...

), 5.41% (2)

black Black is a color that results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without chroma, like white and grey. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness.Eva Heller, ''P ...

African-American African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa. ...

, 0.0% (0) Native American or

Alaska Native Alaska Natives (also known as Native Alaskans, Alaskan Indians, or Indigenous Alaskans) are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous peoples of Alaska that encompass a diverse arena of cultural and linguistic groups, including the I ...

, 0.0% (0) Asian, 0.0% (0)

Pacific Islander Pacific Islanders, Pasifika, Pasefika, Pacificans, or rarely Pacificers are the peoples of the list of islands in the Pacific Ocean, Pacific Islands. As an ethnic group, ethnic/race (human categorization), racial term, it is used to describe th ...

Native Hawaiian Native Hawaiians (also known as Indigenous Hawaiians, Kānaka Maoli, Aboriginal Hawaiians, or simply Hawaiians; , , , and ) are the Indigenous peoples of Oceania, Indigenous Polynesians, Polynesian people of the Hawaiian Islands. Hawaiʻi was set ...

, 0.0% (0) from other races, and 10.81% (4) from two or more races.

Hispanic The term Hispanic () are people, Spanish culture, cultures, or countries related to Spain, the Spanish language, or broadly. In some contexts, Hispanic and Latino Americans, especially within the United States, "Hispanic" is used as an Ethnici ...

or Latino of any race was 5.41% (2) of the population. Of the 22 households, 22.7% had children under the age of 18; 50.0% were married couples living together; 18.2% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. 36.4% of households consisted of individuals and 22.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.5 and the average family size was 2.1. The percent of those with a bachelor’s degree or higher was estimated to be 0.0% of the population. 8.1% of the population was under the age of 18, 2.7% from 18 to 24, 29.7% from 25 to 44, 27.0% from 45 to 64, and 32.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 57.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.6 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older, there were 100.0 males.

Education

The community is served by Kingman–Norwich USD 331 public school district.

Notable people

Alvin Dewey Alvin Adams Dewey (September 10, 1912 – November 6, 1987) was an American special agent of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. Early life Dewey was born in Murdock, Kansas, on September 10, 1912, to Alvin Adams Dewey Sr (6 September 1879 – ...

(1912-1987),

special agent In the United States, a special agent is an official title used to refer to certain investigators or detectives of federal, military, tribal, or state agencies who primarily serve in criminal investigatory positions. Additionally, some special ...

of the KBI, who was instrumental in bringing the killers of the Clutter family of Holcomb, Perry Smith and

Richard Hickock Richard Eugene Hickock (June 6, 1931 – April 14, 1965) was one of two ex-convicts convicted of Clutter family murders, murdering four members of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas on November 15, 1959, a crime made famous by Truman Capote in ...

, to justice

References

External links

Mennonite Camp Mennoscah
* Kingman County maps
CurrentHistoric
KDOT Census-designated places in Kingman County, Kansas 1884 establishments in Kansas Populated places established in 1884 {{KingmanCountyKS-geo-stub