Murphy, Santa Fe

Murphy is a town in the General López Department of the Santa Fe Province, Argentina.

Murphy
Town
Murphy Location of Murphy in Argentina
Coordinates: 33°38′40″S 61°51′30″W
Country	Argentina
Province	Santa Fe
Department	General López Department
Government
• Mayor	Emilio Marciano (PJ)
Population
• Total	3,540
Demonym(s)	murfiense
Time zone	UTC-3 (ART)
CPA base	S2601
Dialing code	+54 3462

It is named after an Irishman, John James Murphy, from Haysland, near Kilrane, County Wexford, close to Rosslare Harbour. Born in 1822 into a Catholic family, Murphy was an unmarried son of middle-class tenant farmers, who decided to emigrate to better his prospects. He sailed to Buenos Aires then headed to the pampas to find farm work. Murphy initially found employment digging boundary ditches to separate neighbouring sheep farms, became a tenant sheep farmer, then acquired land of his own in the Salto area. He expanded his holdings and later acquired huge tracts of land in the vicinity of Rojas, Buenos Aires and later in Santa Fe Province. By the time of his death in 1909 he was hugely wealthy. In 1911, the expansion of the railway system led to the compulsory purchase of land near Rosario, held by Murphy's heirs. Estación Murphy was established, and the town that grew up around the station was named Murphy in 1966.[1][2]