Murvaul is a rural

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in south-central

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, United States, on Farm to Market Road 10 and Murvaul Creek, eight miles south of

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. The area was settled by European-Americans in the early 1860s. A post office operated there from 1874 to 1880 and from 1899 to 1918. In 1882, the reported population was 200. ''Circa'' 1900, the community served as a stop on the Texas and Gulf Railroad. By the early 1990s, only a few scattered dwellings remained. It is the birthplace of

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External links

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Murvaul, Texas -- Handbook of Texas Online
Unincorporated communities in Panola County, Texas Unincorporated communities in Texas {{PanolaCountyTX-geo-stub