Murvaul is a rural community located in south central Panola County, Texas, on Farm Road 10 and Murvaul Creek eight miles south of Carthage.
The area was settled in the early 1860s. A post office operated there from 1874 to 1880 and from 1899 to 1918. In 1882, the reported population was 200. Around 1900, the community served as a stop on the Texas and Gulf Railroad.
After World War I, Murvaul began to decline. By the early 1990s, only a few scattered dwellings remained.
He was born Maurice Woodward Ritter in Murvaul, Texas, the son of James Everett Ritter and Martha Elizabeth Matthews.
After graduating with honors, he entered the University of Texas at Austin; he studied pre-law, majored in government, political science and economics.
For his contribution to the recording industry, Tex Ritter has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6631 Hollywood Blvd. In 1980, he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
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