Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Indiana
- County
- Adams
- Townships
- Root , Washington
- Named after
- Stephen Decatur
- Type
- Mayor-council government
- Mayor
- Dan Rickord ( D )
- Total
- 6.10 sq mi (15.81 km )
- Land
- 6.10 sq mi (15.80 km )
- Water
- 0.0077 sq mi (0.02 km )
- Elevation
- 801 ft (244 m)
- Density
- 1,625/sq mi (627.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 ( EDT )
- Fips code
- 18-17074
- Website
- www .cityofdecatur .in .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Decatur
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Adams County
- Population
- 9913
- Area
- 14.979893
- Elevation
- 244
- Body of water
- St. Marys River
- Capital of
- Adams County
- Official website
- www.decaturin.org
- Image
- Decatur-indiana-downtown-2006.jpg
- Households
- 4353
- Dialing code
- 260
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- Commons category
- Decatur, Indiana
- postal code
- 46733
- inception
- 1836-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0.1111
- per capita income
- 24171
- different from
- Decatur
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Encyclopedic overview
Decatur is a city in Root and Washington townships, Adams County, Indiana, United States. It is the county seat (and the largest community) of Adams County. Decatur is home to Adams Memorial Hospital, which was designated as one of the "Top 100" Critical Access Hospitals in the United States. The population of Decatur was 9,913 at the 2020 census, up from 9,405 at the 2010 census.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Decatur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.