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Decaturville, Missouri | |
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  Decaturville Decaturville's position in Missouri | |
| Coordinates: 37°54′27.1″N 92°41′59.7″W / 37.907528°N 92.699917°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | Camden |
| Township | Warren |
| Founded | 1838 |
| Elevation | 1,060 ft (323 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 479 |
| GNIS feature ID | 716778[1] |
Decaturville is an unincorporated community in Warren Township, Camden County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Route 5 approximately seven miles south-southeast of Camdenton. The Camden-Laclede county line is less than one mile south of the community.[2]
The community was founded in 1854 and is named after Commodore Stephen Decatur Jr., (1779 – 1820), an American naval officer notable for his heroism in actions at Tripoli, Libya in the First Barbary War, the Second Barbary War, and in the War of 1812.[3]
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[edit]- 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Decaturville, Missouri
- ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 45 ISBN 0899332242
- ↑ Earngey, Bill (1995). Missouri Roadsides: The Traveler's Companion. University of Missouri Press. p. 34. ISBN 9780826210210.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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