| Murphy | |
| Native Name Lang: | es |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | Argentina |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Murphy in Argentina |
| Coordinates: | -33.6444°N -61.8583°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Argentina |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Santa Fe |
| Subdivision Type2: | Department |
| Subdivision Name2: | General López Department |
| Leader Party: | PJ |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Emilio Marciano |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Total: | 3,540 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Demonym: | murfiense |
| Timezone1: | ART |
| Utc Offset1: | -3 |
| Postal Code Type: | CPA base |
| Postal Code: | S2601 |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Area Code: | +54 3462 |
Murphy is a town in the General López Department in Santa Fe Province, Argentina.
It is named after an Irishman, John James Murphy, from Haysland, near Kilrane, County Wexford, close to Rosslare Harbour. Born in 1822 into a Catholic family, Murphy was an unmarried son of middle-class tenant farmers, who decided to emigrate to better his prospects. He sailed to Buenos Aires then headed to the pampas to find farm work. Murphy initially found employment digging boundary ditches to separate neighbouring sheep farms, became a tenant sheep farmer, then acquired land of his own in the Salto area. He expanded his holdings and later acquired huge tracts of land in the vicinity of Rojas, Buenos Aires and later in Santa Fe Province. By the time of his death in 1909 he was hugely wealthy. In 1911, the expansion of the railway system led to the compulsory purchase of land near Rosario, held by Murphy's heirs. Estación Murphy was established, and the town that grew up around the station was named Murphy in 1966.[1] [2]