# Decaturville, Missouri

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{{Use American English|date=July 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Decaturville, Missouri
|settlement_type          = [Unincorporated community](/source/Unincorporated_area) 
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|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [State](/source/U.S._state)
|subdivision_name1        = [Missouri](/source/Missouri)
|subdivision_type2        = [County](/source/List_of_counties_in_Missouri)
|subdivision_name2        = [Camden](/source/Camden_County%2C_Missouri)
|subdivision_type3        = [Township](/source/List_of_Missouri_townships)
|subdivision_name3        = [Warren](/source/Warren_Township%2C_Camden_County%2C_Missouri)
|established_title        = Founded
|established_date         = 1838
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|pushpin_label            = Decaturville
|pushpin_map_caption      = Decaturville's position in Missouri
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|area_code                = [479](/source/Area_code_479)
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'''Decaturville''' is an [unincorporated community](/source/Unincorporated_area) in [Warren Township](/source/Warren_Township%2C_Camden_County%2C_Missouri), [Camden County](/source/Camden_County%2C_Missouri), [Missouri](/source/Missouri), United States. It is located on [Route 5](/source/Route_5_(Missouri)) approximately seven miles south-southeast of [Camdenton](/source/Camdenton%2C_Missouri). The Camden-[Laclede](/source/Laclede_County%2C_Missouri) county line is less than one mile south of the community.<ref>''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 45 {{ISBN|0899332242}}</ref>

The community was founded in 1854 and is named after Commodore [Stephen Decatur](/source/Stephen_Decatur) Jr., (1779 &ndash; 1820), an [American naval](/source/United_States_Navy) officer notable for his heroism in actions at [Tripoli, Libya](/source/Tripoli%2C_Libya) in the [First Barbary War](/source/First_Barbary_War), the [Second Barbary War](/source/Second_Barbary_War), and in the [War of 1812](/source/War_of_1812).<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xcxWsmxRzVEC&pg=PA34 | title=Missouri Roadsides: The Traveler's Companion | publisher=University of Missouri Press | author=Earngey, Bill | year=1995 | pages=34| isbn=9780826210210 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [Decaturville crater](/source/Decaturville_crater)

==References==
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Camden County, Missouri
Category:Unincorporated communities in Missouri

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