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Decatur
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city in Morgan and Limestone counties, Alabama, United States
Decatur is a city located in Morgan and Limestone counties in Alabama. It serves as a significant population center in the northern part of the state.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Named after
- Stephen Decatur
- Official name
- Decatur
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Morgan County
- Population
- 57938
- Area
- 156.618064
- Elevation
- 171
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Body of water
- Wheeler Lake
- Capital of
- Morgan County
- Shares border with
- Huntsville
- Official website
- www.cityofdecatural.com
- Image
- Tug and Boat at Bridge.jpg
- Households
- 22345
- Dialing code
- 256
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- Commons category
- Decatur, Alabama
- topic's main category
- Category:Decatur, Alabama
- inception
- 1821-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Decatur, Alabama
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Decatur, Alabama
- postal code
- 35699
- water as percent of area
- 11.2409
- P8168
- E77
- different from
- Decatur
- water area
- 17.605318
- per capita income
- 30146
- mean age
- 40.4
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Encyclopedic overview
Decatur (/dɪˈkeɪtər/) is the largest city in and the county seat of Morgan County (with a portion also in Limestone County) in the U.S. state of Alabama. Nicknamed "The River City," it is located in northern Alabama on the banks of Wheeler Lake along the Tennessee River. The population was 57,938 at the 2020 census.
Decatur is the core city of the two-county large Decatur metropolitan area, with an estimated population of 157,425 in 2022. Combined with the Huntsville Metropolitan Area, the two create the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area, of which Decatur is the second-largest city.
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