Decatur, Missouri

{{Short description|Extinct hamlet in Missouri, U.S.}} {{Use American English|date=June 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} '''Decatur''' is an extinct town in Cole County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place.<ref>{{GNIS|740801|name=Decatur}}</ref>

A post office called Decatur was established in 1875, and remained in operation until 1906.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=MO |title=Post Offices |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=22 September 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306175959/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=MO |archivedate=6 March 2016 }}</ref> The community has the name of Stephen Decatur, a United States Navy officer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_cole.html |title=Cole County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) |publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri |accessdate=22 September 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071207/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_cole.html |archivedate=24 June 2016 }}</ref>

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Category:Ghost towns in Missouri Category:Former populated places in Cole County, Missouri

Decatur, Missouri

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