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Welcome to Decatur ...The city of Decatur is located in Macon County<1> and is the County Seat for Macon County. Decatur was established in 1836. When the people of Decatur refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Decaturian<2> From the Census Estimates for 2019, Decatur has a population of 70,734 people<3> (see below for details). The community of Decatur is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Decatur lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Decatur is within the (217) area code. The ZIP codes for Decatur: 62521-62526<5> The Pronunciation of Decatur ..We have heard more than one pronunciation for Decatur:<6> dee-KAY-tur dee-KAY-ter Websites for Decatur ...Official Website: www.ci.decatur.il.us/ Chamber of Commerce: www.decaturchamber.com/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Decatur had an population of 70,734 people. This is a decrease of 7.08% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 13.59% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Decatur had a population of 76,122 people (which is 68.71% of the total population of Macon County). This makes Decatur the county's most populous community. The population of Decatur represents 0.59% of the total population of Illinois (which has 12,830,632 people), making it the state's 13th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 76,122 people, the population of Decatur decreased 7.01% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 81,860 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Decatur. Communities Also Named Decatur ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 20 communities that are also named Decatur - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Decatur. Communities near Decatur ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Decatur.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Decatur. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Decatur. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Decatur. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Decatur. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Decatur. Our list includes 80 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Decatur. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Decatur ...Looking for more information about Decatur? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Decatur, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Decatur. Adding Decatur to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Decatur in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Decatur was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<9> We also found Decatur in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Decatur. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Decatur: www.ci.decatur.il.us/ The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov Footnotes ...
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