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-''[[United States|United States]] &gt; [[Alabama|Alabama]] &gt; Decatur County''
+''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Alabama]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Decatur_County,_Alabama|Decatur County]]'' <br>
-== History Tidbit  ==
+*'''1821'''--'''Decatur County''' was formed 17 December 1821 from [[Jackson County, Alabama]].
+*'''1824'''--Abolished 28 December 1824 for want of minimal area, and her territory was divided between [[Madison County, Alabama|Madison]] and [[Jackson County, Alabama|Jackson]] counties.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Decatur County, Alabama" in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' at (accessed 27 August 2012).</ref>
-[[Image:Stephen Decatur.JPG|thumb|right|400px]]
+For [[Decatur_County,_Alabama|Decatur County]] records, see [[Madison County, Alabama|Madison]] and [[Jackson County, Alabama|Jackson]] counties.
-The county was 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>
+=== References  ===
-*'''1821'''--Decatur County was formed 17 December 1821 from Jackson County.
+{{reflist}}
-*'''1824'''--Abolished 1824 and the territory returned to Jackson County.
-*For the records, see Jackson County.
-== References  ==
+{{Alabama|Alabama}}
-*Alabama: Her History Resources, W. Brewer; pub. Montgomery, Alabama, 1872.
+[[Category:Jackson_County,_Alabama]] [[Category:Decatur_County,_Alabama]] [[Category:Alabama_counties]]
-*Alabama History, Joel Campbell Dubose; pub. Atlanta 1908
-*History of Alabama, Albert Burton Moore; pub. Chicago, 1927
-*History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Thomas McAvory Owen; pub. Chicago, 1921.
-*Report of the Alabama History Commission, Thomas McAvory Owen; pub. Montgomery, Alabama 1901
-*History of Alabama, Albert James Pickett; pub. Birmingham, Alabama 1878
-[[Category:Jackson_County,_Alabama]]
-{{Alabama|Alabama}}