Murphy, NC -- U.S. town in North Carolina Population (2000): 1568 Housing Units (2000): 819 Land area (2000): 2.280041 sq. miles (5.905278 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.217232 sq. miles (0.562628 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.497273 sq. miles (6.467906 sq. km) FIPS code: 45660 Located within: North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37 Location: 35.089848 N, 84.029924 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Murphy, NC Murphy