Map of Murdock city, Minnesota

Murdock is a rural town in Swift County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 306 at the 2020 census. The city is part of the Kerhoven-Murdock-Sunburg (KMS) school district. Murdock has Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg Elementary School which is for grades PreK-5.

Murdock city overview:
Name:	Murdock city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Minnesota
County:	Swift County
Elevation:	1,089 ft (332 m)
Total Area:	0.62 sq mi (1.61 km²)
Land Area:	0.62 sq mi (1.61 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	306
Population Density:	491.96/sq mi (189.90/km²)
ZIP code:	56271
Area code:	320
FIPS code:	2744818
GNISfeature ID:	0648389

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History

A post office has been in operation at Murdock since 1878. Murdock was platted in 1881 by S. S. Murdock, and named for him. Murdock was incorporated in 1881.

In June 2020, a neo-pagan religion known as the Asatru Folk Assembly (AFA) purchased the Calvary Lutheran Church, a former Lutheran church in Murdock for use as a gathering place for AFA members of the Northern Great Plains. On December 9, 2020, the Murdock City Council voted to allow the AFA conditional approval to use the former church. This caused uproar as the AFA has a policy of only allowing whites to become members of the religion, leading to accusations of racism against the AFA and against Murdock. More than 120,000 Minnesotans have signed a petition to stop the AFA’s use of the former church.