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Decatur was the first county seat of Decatur County, until 1853, when the seat was transferred to Leon. [5]Decatur was incorporated in 1875. [6]In 2023, the city council had the city's name clarified through a vote in the regular city election (public measure) as previously there are documents calling it both Decatur and Decatur City.
Decatur metropolitan area, Alabama, the largest metro area with the name Decatur. Decatur, Arkansas, a city; Decatur, Georgia, county seat of DeKalb County; Decatur, Illinois, county seat of Macon County and largest city with the name Decatur. Lake Decatur, a reservoir in the city; Decatur, Indiana, county seat of Adams County; Decatur City ...
A portion of a prairie given to the Iowa Tribe of Kansas, as seen on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, in Johnson County, Iowa. Iowa was the 29 th state admitted to the Union, according to the U.S. Census ...
The per capita income for the county was $14,209. About 10.90% of families and 15.50% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.60% of those under age 18 and 13.70% of those age 65 or over. Decatur County is considered to be the poorest in Iowa, reporting that almost 20% of its residents live in poverty. [15]
The territory north of this line (which started just south of the present-day Davenport) was named Dubuque County, and all south of it was Des Moines County. When Michigan became a state in 1836 the area became the Iowa District of western Wisconsin Territory—the region west of the Mississippi River.
Decatur (/ d ɪ ˈ k eɪ t ər / dih-KAY-tər) is the largest city in and the county seat of Macon County, Illinois, United States.The city was founded in 1829 and is situated along the Sangamon River and Lake Decatur in Central Illinois.
The following is a list of the 3,143 counties and county-equivalents in the 50 states and District of Columbia sorted by U.S. state, plus an additional 100 county-equivalents in the U.S. territories sorted by territory.
On December 3, 1818, Illinois became the 21st U.S. state. Early U.S. expansion began in the south part of the state and quickly spread northward, driving out the native residents. In 1832, some Native American "Indians" returned from Iowa but were driven out in the Black Hawk War, fought by militia.