Sell Your Car for Cash in Murphy, TX

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Murphy is a small city in southeastern Collin County, sitting at the crossroads of FM 544 and Murphy Road roughly midway between Plano and Wylie, with a population that grew from 3,099 in the 2000 census to 21,013 by the 2020 census. That growth rate makes Murphy one of the fastest-growing small cities in the DFW area, driven largely by master-planned residential subdivisions built after the President George Bush Turnpike opened nearby in 1999. The city is also just a couple of miles from Southfork Ranch in neighboring Parker, the real-life mansion made famous by the 1980s television series "Dallas." Whether your vehicle is parked in one of Murphy's newer subdivisions or an older street near FM 544, we buy junk, wrecked, and non-running cars throughout the city.

Geography of Murphy

Murphy sits in southeastern Collin County about 22 miles northeast of downtown Dallas, bordered by Plano to the west, Richardson to the southwest, Sachse to the south, Wylie to the east, and Parker to the north. FM 544 and Murphy Road form the city's core crossroads, and the President George Bush Turnpike gives residents fast access west toward Plano, Richardson, and the rest of the Metroplex.

Free towing is included anywhere in Murphy and the surrounding area. You can find more about local services on the City of Murphy's official website.

History of Murphy

The first documented settlers in the Murphy area were Comfort and Lydia McMillen, who arrived from Arkansas in 1846 with their six children and settled on a branch of Muddy Creek later renamed Maxwell Creek, along with Lydia's brothers James and Henry Maxwell. By 1850, the William and Dorothy Murphy family had also settled along Maxwell Creek. When the St. Louis Southwestern Railway extended tracks through the area in 1888, residents renamed the settlement Murphy in honor of William Murphy, who donated the land for the railroad tracks and depot; a post office was established in 1891.

Culture of Murphy

Murphy functions primarily as a residential suburb within the DFW job market, with most residents commuting to employment centers in Plano, Richardson, and Dallas. The city adopted an updated Murphy Master Plan in 2026 that outlines site-specific "Murphy Opportunity Districts" intended to guide future commercial and mixed-use development as the city's residential build-out nears completion.

Murphy's rapid growth since the late 1990s means many of its neighborhoods and streets are relatively new, but that doesn't stop old vehicles from breaking down, getting wrecked, or sitting unused in a driveway or HOA-governed neighborhood. CashMyCarTX buys junk, wrecked, and non-running cars anywhere in Murphy with free towing and same-day cash, so you don't have to navigate HOA rules about vehicle storage on your own.