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''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Kansas]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Decatur County''' <br> | ''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Kansas]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Decatur County''' <br> | ||
Decatur County, Kansas genealogy and family history research page. Guide to genealogy, history, and courthouse sources including birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, wills, deeds and land records, Civil War records, family histories, cemeteries, churches, tax records, newspapers, and obituaries. | Decatur County, Kansas genealogy and family history research page. Guide to genealogy, history, and courthouse sources including birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, wills, deeds and land records, Civil War records, family histories, cemeteries, churches, tax records, newspapers, and obituaries. | ||
{{KSDC}} | {{KSDC}} | ||
{{Infobox U.S. County | |||
| county = Decatur County | |||
| county_map = KS-decatur.png | |||
| state = Kansas | |||
| state_map = KS-map.png | |||
| latd = 39.99 | |||
| longd = 91.19 | |||
| founded title = [[Kansas County Creation Dates and Parent Counties|Founded]] | |||
| founded year = 1873 | |||
| founded date = March 6 | |||
| seat wl = Oberlin | |||
| building image = Decatur county courthouse.gif | |||
| building image size = 100px | |||
| building image cap = Photo courtesy [[]] | |||
| building address = '''[[Decatur County, Kansas Courthouse|Decatur County Courthouse]]'''<br>120 E. Hall<br>P.O. Box 89<br>Oberlin, Kansas 66749-0089<br>Phone: 785.475.8102 | |||
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== County Courthouse == | == County Courthouse == | ||
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== History == | == History == | ||
[[Image:Stephen Decatur.JPG|thumb|right|400px | [[Image:Stephen Decatur.JPG|thumb|right|400px]] | ||
The county is named after U.S. naval officer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Decatur Stephen Decatur] (1779-1820).<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Tennessee_county_name_etymologies "List of counties in Tennessee"], Wikipedia.</ref> | The county is named after U.S. naval officer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Decatur Stephen Decatur] (1779-1820).<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Tennessee_county_name_etymologies "List of counties in Tennessee"], Wikipedia.</ref> | ||