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Welcome to Decide ...

Decide is located in Clinton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Decide, you might consider that their post office opened in 1924.

Decide is 1,020 feet [311 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Decide lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Decide (for example, toward Monticello), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for Decide: 606

Communities near Decide ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Decide.

  • Thompsons Store
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Thompsons Store is located in Clay County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsons Store
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,180 people
  • Albany
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jamestown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Burkesville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Byrdstown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Browns Crossroads
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Browns Crossroads is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Crossroads
  • Cumberland City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Cumberland City is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland City
  • Bakerton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Bakerton is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerton
  • Long Bottom
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Long Bottom is located in Russell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bottom
  • Dougan Town
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Dougan Town is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dougan Town

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 Decide. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Decide.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Decide. 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 Decide.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Decide. See our Newspapers Page for Decide.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Decide ...

Looking for more information about Decide? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Decide, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Decide.

Adding Decide to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Decide 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 (so far) for Decide was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Decide post office opened in 1924. The Decide post office closed in 1943.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Decide.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Clinton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Decide - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/