# Decaturville, Missouri

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**Decaturville** is an [unincorporated community](/source/Unincorporated_area) in [Warren Township](/source/Warren_Township,_Camden_County,_Missouri), [Camden County](/source/Camden_County,_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,_Missouri). The Camden-[Laclede](/source/Laclede_County,_Missouri) county line is less than one mile south of the community.[2]

The community was founded in 1854 and is named after Commodore [Stephen Decatur](/source/Stephen_Decatur) Jr., (1779 – 1820), an [American naval](/source/United_States_Navy) officer notable for his heroism in actions at [Tripoli, Libya](/source/Tripoli,_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).[3]

## See also

- [Decaturville crater](/source/Decaturville_crater)

## References

1. *Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,* DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 45 ISBN 0899332242

1. Earngey, Bill (1995). [*Missouri Roadsides: The Traveler's Companion*](https://books.google.com/books?id=xcxWsmxRzVEC&pg=PA34). University of Missouri Press. p. 34. ISBN 9780826210210.

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