Decaturville, Missouri
Decaturville is located in Missouri
Decaturville
Decaturville
Decaturville's position in Missouri
Coordinates: 37°54′27.1″N 92°41′59.7″W / 37.907528°N 92.699917°W / 37.907528; -92.699917
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyCamden
TownshipWarren
Founded1838
Elevation1,060 ft (323 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code479
GNIS feature ID716778[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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References

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


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