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2018 Map of Decatur

Name: 2018 Topographic Map of Decatur
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2018
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

Decatur serves as the central hub of this Newton County landscape, where the campus of East Central Community College anchors the northern edge of the town. The town’s historical footprint is well-defined by local landmarks such as Decatur Cem, while the surrounding rural countryside is crisscrossed by family-named routes like McMullin Rd and Eshee Rd.

The hydrology of the region is dominated by the winding path of Chunky Creek and the straightened flow of the Chunky Canal. To the south and east, the landscape transitions into a network of small tributaries including Okahatta Creek and Little Rock Cr. Genealogists will find particular value in the scattered rural burial grounds, such as Brand Cem and Johnson Cem, which remain as quiet markers of the area's ancestral settlements.