# Decatur, Ohio

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{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Ohio, U.S.}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Decatur, Ohio
| settlement_type         = [Unincorporated community](/source/unincorporated_area)
| image_map               = OHMap-doton-Decatur.png
| map_caption             = Location of Decatur, Ohio
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = [United States](/source/United_States)
| subdivision_type1       = State
| subdivision_name1       = [Ohio](/source/Ohio)
| subdivision_type2       = County
| subdivision_name2       = [Brown](/source/Brown_County%2C_Ohio)
| subdivision_type3       = Township
| subdivision_name3       = [Byrd](/source/Byrd_Township%2C_Ohio)
| coordinates             = {{coord|38|48|56|N|83|42|14|W|display=inline}}
| postal_code_type        = ZIP code
| postal_code             = 45115
}}

'''Decatur''' is an [unincorporated community](/source/unincorporated_area) in eastern [Byrd Township](/source/Byrd_Township%2C_Ohio), [Brown County](/source/Brown_County%2C_Ohio), [Ohio](/source/Ohio), United States.<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|1064517}}</ref>  It has a [post office](/source/post_office) with the [ZIP code](/source/ZIP_code) 45115.<ref>[https://tools.usps.com/zip-code-lookup.htm?citybyzipcode USPS – Cities by ZIP Code]</ref>  It is located along [State Route 125](/source/Ohio_State_Route_125), an east-west highway.

Decatur was originally called St. Clairsville, and under the latter name was laid out around 1802.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_udUyAQAAMAAJ | title=The History of Brown County, Ohio | publisher=Higginson Book Company | year=1883 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_udUyAQAAMAAJ/page/n660 702]}}</ref> A post office called Decatur has been in operation since 1817.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Brown |title=Brown County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=17 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222110747/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Brown |archivedate=22 December 2015 }}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:DecaturOH1.JPG|Decatur community sign
File:DecaturOH2.JPG|Looking west on Ohio Highway 125 in Decatur
</gallery>

==References==
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{{Brown County, Ohio}}

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Ohio
Category:Unincorporated communities in Brown County, Ohio
Category:1802 establishments in the Northwest Territory

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