Official Name: | Decaturville, Missouri |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Missouri |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Camden |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Warren |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1838 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 323 |
Pushpin Map: | Missouri |
Pushpin Label: | Decaturville |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Decaturville's position in Missouri |
Coordinates: | 37.9075°N -92.6999°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Area Code: | 479 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 716778 |
Decaturville is an unincorporated community in Warren Township, Camden County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Route 5 approximately seven miles south-southeast of Camdenton. The Camden-Laclede county line is less than one mile south of the community.[1]
The community was founded in 1854 and is named after Commodore Stephen Decatur Jr., (1779 - 1820), an American naval officer notable for his heroism in actions at Tripoli, Libya in the First Barbary War, the Second Barbary War, and in the War of 1812.[2]