Murray County has an area of 352 square miles. Its population is 8,623, In the eastern part are found the terminal ridges and detached peaks of the Apalachian highlands. The Cohutta has an altitude of 3,722 feet. The mean temperature for January is 42 degrees and for July is 78 degrees. The annual rainfall is 54 inches.
Cohutta Springs is celebrated for the excellence of its mineral waters. It is a popular Summer resort.
The Natural Resources of the county are almost unlimited. Productive soil, timber and pasture land, minerals, talc, marble, building stone and brick clay are among the many advanages Cotton, corn, fruit, vegetables, in fact an infinite variety of products are found here.
The L. & N. R. R. Passes through the length of the county. Several thriving towns have already sprung up along the line.
Chatsworth has a population of 550, is well located, has two fine hotels, ten stores, a lumber plant, guano factory, brick plant, two talc mills, grist mill and repair shop, bank, Union warehouse, ginnery, two churches and an excellent school.
Eton has a population of 400. It has a flour mill, lumber plant, ginnery, six or eight stores, a hotel, Baptist church, grist mill, and the largest school in the county.
Ramhurst has a large lumber plant, a church, four stores, two hotels, and a graded school.
Other stations of growing importance are Crandall, Conniston, Tennga, Cisco and Fairy.
Spring Place has a population of about 450. It has the court house, jail, two gins, saw mill, two hotels, five stores, three churches and a graded school
A telephone system has been extended over almost the entire county. It will soon be connected with Benton, Tenn., and with the Gordon County line at Oakman.
Murray County History 1911