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Murdo MacRitchie (minister)
Murdo may refer to: * Murdo, South Dakota, a city in the United States * List of Murdos (mountains), summits in Scotland that are over 3,000 feet * An Anglicised form of the given name Murchadh Murchadh is a masculine given name of Irish origin. It is composed of the elements ''muir'', meaning "sea", and ''cath'', meaning "battle". Murrough is an anglicized form. The surname Murphy (Irish: Ó Murchadha) is derived from the given name. ..., including a list of people named Murdo See also * {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murdo, South Dakota
Murdo is a city in and the county seat of Jones County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 475 at the 2020 census. History Murdo was founded in about 1907 by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad. As about halfway between Rapid City and Mitchell, Murdo was home to a roundhouse and a railyard, and a passenger station which served trains bound for Rapid City and Mitchell, until the discontinuation of the Sioux passenger train. The town was named in honor of cattle baron Murdo MacKenzie. United States Senator John Thune is from Murdo, South Dakota. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Climate Murdo has a humid continental climate (Koppen Dfa), with cold winters and hot summers. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 488 people, 237 households, and 128 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 291 housing units at an average density o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Murdos (mountains)
This is a list of Murdo mountains in Scotland by height. Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles#Murdos, Murdos are defined as Scottish mountains over in height and with a prominence over ; a mix of imperial measures, imperial and metric system, metric thresholds. Cartographer Alan Dawson first compiled the list of Murdos in 1995 to provide an objective and quantitative alternative to the Scottish Mountaineering Club ("SMC") definition of a Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles#Munros, Munro, which has the same height threshold but a qualitative requirement of "sufficient separation", instead of prominence. The SMC does not maintain an official list of Murdos, unlike all its other Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles#Scotland only, Scottish mountain and hill classifications, . However, all Murdos are either SMC Munros or SMC Munro Tops. Dawson's threshold was in line with the 1994 International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation declarati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |