https://wiki.tachyony.co.uk/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Decatur_County%2C_Alabama 2026-06-28T05:17:30Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.44.0 https://wiki.tachyony.co.uk/w/index.php?title=Decatur_County,_Alabama&diff=69606&oldid=prev 2026-04-22T15:53:19Z

<p>Moving <a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:Huntsville-Decatur,_AL_Combined_Statistical_Area&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:Huntsville-Decatur, AL Combined Statistical Area (page does not exist)">Category:Huntsville-Decatur, AL Combined Statistical Area</a> to <a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:Huntsville%E2%80%93Decatur%E2%80%93Albertville_combined_statistical_area&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:Huntsville–Decatur–Albertville combined statistical area (page does not exist)">Category:Huntsville–Decatur–Albertville combined statistical area</a> per <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Speedy" title="Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Speedy">Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Speedy</a></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Former County in Alabama, United States}}<br /> {{More citations needed|date=December 2009}}<br /> {{Use American English|date=January 2026}}<br /> {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2026}}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Decatur County&#039;&#039;&#039; was a [[County (United States)|county]] of the [[U.S. state|state]] of [[Alabama]], [[United States]]. It was named for Commodore [[Stephen Decatur]] of the [[United States Navy]]. Its [[county seat]] was [[Woodville, Alabama|Woodville]].<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> Decatur County was established by the [[Alabama Legislature]] on December 17, 1821.&lt;ref name=&quot;alabama-laws-1823&quot;&gt;A digest of the laws of the State of Alabama: containing the statutes and resolutions in force at the end of the General Assembly in January, 1823. Published by Ginn &amp; Curtis, J. &amp; J. Harper, Printers, New-York, 1828. Title 10. Chapter XXXII. Pages 97-98. [https://books.google.com/books?id=JvtKAAAAYAAJ&amp;pg=PA97 An Act to establish certain Counties therein named, and for other purposes.--Passed December 17, 1821.]&lt;/ref&gt; In 1822, Woodville was selected as the county seat. Several years later, however, a survey showed the county did not have the minimum constitutional area, and so Decatur County was abolished on December 28, 1825&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |url= http://bellsouthpwp2.net/p/u/publicw/articlebybillstubno.htm|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225737/http://bellsouthpwp2.net/p/u/publicw/articlebybillstubno.htm|url-status= dead|archive-date= 2016-03-03|title= Butler Mill|last= Stubno|first=Bill|work= Woodville Online|accessdate=2012-05-01}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.legislature.state.al.us/aliswww/history/acts_and_journals/Acts_1825/Acts_21-31.html AN ACT, To repeal in part an act, entitled an act to establish certain counties Therein named, and for other purposes, passed December 17th, 1821; and for other purposes.] Approved December 28, 1825. Alabama Act 25. Alabama Legislative Acts. Annual Session, 21 Nov 1825 - 14 Jan 1826. Pages 16-17. Access Date: 2017-07-07.&lt;/ref&gt; and divided between [[Madison County, Alabama|Madison County]] and [[Jackson County, Alabama|Jackson County]]. The section added to Madison County was known informally for many years as &quot;New Madison&quot;.<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[List of former United States counties]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Coord|34.62515|-86.27332|display=title}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Former counties of the United States]]<br /> [[Category:History of Alabama]]<br /> [[Category:Huntsville–Decatur–Albertville combined statistical area]]<br /> [[Category:Jackson County, Alabama]]<br /> [[Category:Madison County, Alabama]]<br /> [[Category:1821 establishments in Alabama]]<br /> [[Category:1825 disestablishments in Alabama]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{JacksonCountyAL-geo-stub}}<br /> {{MadisonCountyAL-geo-stub}}</div>

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