Decatur, Nebraska
| Decatur, Nebraska | |
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| Village | |
A bridge at Decatur crosses the Missouri River into Iowa
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 Location of Decatur, Nebraska |
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| Coordinates: 42°0′22″N 96°15′4″W / 42.00611°N 96.25111°WCoordinates: 42°0′22″N 96°15′4″W / 42.00611°N 96.25111°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nebraska |
| County | Burt |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.90 sq mi (2.33 km2) |
| • Land | 0.90 sq mi (2.33 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,070 ft (326 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 481 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 474 |
| • Density | 534.4/sq mi (206.3/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 68020 |
| Area code(s) | 402 |
| FIPS code | 31-12525 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0828631 |
Decatur is a village in Burt County, Nebraska, United States, adjacent to the Missouri River. The population was 481 at the 2010 census. This town is named after one of its incorporators, Stephen Decatur.
The area was originally populated by Omaha Indians. Explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark passed through the area in 1804 as they traveled along the Missouri River.
The first European settler in the area was a man named Woods, who settled at the mouth of Wood Creek (his namesake) in 1837. Stephen Decatur arrived in the area in 1841. His farm was called Decatur Springs, after a spring which supplied water to the village for the next century.
In 1854 the U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs purchased 300,000 acres of land from the Omaha, including the area which is now Decatur. The town of Decatur was incorporated in 1856 under the name "The Decatur Townsite & Ferry Company." The other incorporators included Thomas Whiteacre, T. H. Hineman, George Mason, and Herman Glass. Important Nebraska settler Peter Sarpy, who ran an Indian trading post at the mouth of Wood Creek, helped lay out the town. The patents for the town were granted on May 1, 1862. Following the dissolution of the Decatur Townsite and Ferry Company, the town was renamed Decatur Village in 1858.
Decatur is located at 42°0′22″N 96°15′4″W / 42.00611°N 96.25111°W (42.006018, -96.250982).
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