Decaturville, Missouri

Unincorporated community in Missouri, United States
37°54′27.1″N 92°41′59.7″W / 37.907528°N 92.699917°W / 37.907528; -92.699917CountryUnited StatesStateMissouriCountyCamdenTownshipWarrenFounded1838Elevation1,060 ft (323 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code479GNIS 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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  1. ^ a b 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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