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Anyone notice there are TWO Decatur's
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 6:21 pm
by Guru80
In my current PBEM game I have taken a transport cruise down around towards Chattanooga and I passed by a Decaturville, then a Decatur and there is another Decatur if you follow the river around.
If it is already known, sorry. If not I will get a screenshot when I fire the game up shortly.
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 8:21 pm
by Paul Roberts
I haven't checked the map, but "Decatur" is a very common name for towns in the US (and especially the South). I believe most states have a Decatur, but I don't know if any have two. Most of these places are probably named for Stephen Decatur, a US naval hero in the War of 1812, who died in 1820.
(I myself was born in Decatur, Georgia, which is now basically part of Atlanta.)
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 9:19 pm
by Guru80
They were just close together one east and west of chattanooga but they are in different states. I mentioned it because I didn't see the one east of Chattanooga on a couple of maps I was looking at from the era.
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 2:01 pm
by PhilThib
Are these 2 Decatur in the same state ?
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 2:32 pm
by lodilefty
From the database:
UID name CityName
498 Adams, IN Decatur
596 Meigs, TN Decatur
615 Barbour, AL Decatur
882 Decatur, IL Decatur
1034 Decatur, KS Decatur
576 Decatur, TN Decaturville
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 7:40 pm
by Guru80
PhilThib wrote:Are these 2 Decatur in the same state ?
Nope, different states. I just brought it up because the one to the east/northeast of Chattanooga didn't appear on the map in Foote's first novel or another map I ran across trying to find out. I am sure it is fine and maybe both maps I looked at just omitted it or weren't real accurate.