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Decatur County, Indiana Genealogy: Difference between revisions

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==== Neighboring Counties  ====
==== Neighboring Counties  ====
*'''Neighboring Counties''': {{PAGENAME}} '''residents''' may also have records in <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Decatur County, Indiana" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decatur_County,_Indiana (accessed 2 August 2013).</ref><br>[[Rush County, Indiana|Rush]] (north){{·}}[[Franklin County, Indiana|Franklin]] (east){{·}}[[Ripley County, Indiana|Ripley]] (southeast){{·}}[[Jennings County, Indiana|Jennings]] (south){{·}}[[Bartholomew County, Indiana|Bartholomew]] (west){{·}}[[Shelby County, Indiana|Shelby]] (northwest)<br>
[[Rush County, Indiana|Rush]] {{}}
[[Franklin County, Indiana|Franklin]] {{}}
[[Ripley County, Indiana|Ripley]] {{}}
[[Jennings County, Indiana|Jennings]] {{}}
[[Bartholomew County, Indiana|Bartholomew]] {{}}
[[Shelby County, Indiana|Shelby]] {{•}}


[[Image:Indecatur.jpg|630px|Indecatur.jpg]]  
[[Image:Indecatur.jpg|630px|Indecatur.jpg]]  
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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>  


[[Image:Stephen Decatur.JPG|thumb|right|200px]]  
[[Image:Stephen Decatur.JPG|thumb|right|200px]]


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