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[[Image:OHMap-doton-Decatur.png|right|Location of Decatur, Ohio]]<br />
'''Decatur''' is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in eastern [[Byrd Township, Ohio|Byrd Township]], [[Brown County, Ohio|Brown County]], [[Ohio]], [[United States]].<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|1064517}}</ref> It has a [[post office]] with the [[ZIP code]] 45115.<ref>[https://tools.usps.com/zip-code-lookup.htm?citybyzipcode USPS – Cities by ZIP Code]</ref> It is located along [[Ohio State Route 125|State Route 125]], an east-west highway.<br />
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Decatur was originally called St. Clairsville, and under the latter name was laid out around 1802.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_udUyAQAAMAAJ | title=The History of Brown County, Ohio | publisher=Higginson Book Company | year=1883 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_udUyAQAAMAAJ/page/n660 702]}}</ref> A post office called Decatur has been in operation since 1817.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Brown |title=Brown County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=17 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222110747/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Brown |archivedate=22 December 2015 }}</ref><br />
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File:DecaturOH1.JPG|Decatur community sign<br />
File:DecaturOH2.JPG|Looking west on Ohio Highway 125 in Decatur<br />
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