Decaturville,_Missouri

Decaturville, Missouri

Decaturville, Missouri

Unincorporated community in Missouri, United States

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]

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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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References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Decaturville, Missouri
  2. [2]
    Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 45 ISBN 0899332242
  3. [3]
    Earngey, Bill (1995). Missouri Roadsides: The Traveler's Companion. University of Missouri Press. p. 34. ISBN 9780826210210.


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