Decatur, Alabama | city, county seat

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 city, county seat
Decatur is a city in Limestone and Morgan Counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. The city, known as "The River City", is located in Northern Alabama on the banks of Wheeler Lake, along the Tennessee River. It is the largest city and county seat of Morgan County. The estimated population in 2006 was 55,778.

Decatur is also the core city of the two-county large Decatur Metropolitan Area which had 149,269 in 2006. Combined with the Huntsville Metropolitan Area, the two create the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area, of which, Decatur is the second largest city.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decatur,_Alabama
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Coordinates:   34°34'35"N   86°59'50"W

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  • a slow southern town by a river