Decatur
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town in Newton County, Mississippi, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- County
- Newton
- Mayor
- Lea Ann Rushing
- Total
- 5.56 sq mi (14.40 km )
- Land
- 5.51 sq mi (14.28 km )
- Water
- 0.042 sq mi (0.11 km )
- Elevation
- 430 ft (131 m)
- Density
- 352.7/sq mi (136.19/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 28-18180
- Gnis feature id
- 0669185
- Website
- http://www.decaturms.org/index.php
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Decatur
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Newton County
- Population
- 1945
- Area
- 14.395345
- Elevation
- 131
- Capital of
- Newton County
- Official website
- www.decaturms.org/index.php
- Households
- 560
- Dialing code
- 601
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- postal code
- 39327
- water as percent of area
- 1.0931
- different from
- Decatur
- per capita income
- 18538
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Encyclopedic overview
Newton County, Mississippi Court House Decatur is a town in and the county seat of Newton County, Mississippi. The population was 1,945 in the 2020 census. This town is named after war hero Stephen Decatur Jr.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Decatur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.