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The Town of Decatur is located on the eastern border of Otsego County, New York, United States. As of 2020 census , the population was 374, [ 3 ] up from 353 at the 2010 census. It is named after the popular early-American naval hero Stephen Decatur .
1892 NL season changes: With the American Association folding, four of its teams, the Baltimore Orioles, Louisville Colonels, St. Louis Browns, and Washington Statesmen (now renamed the Washington Senators), join the National League
The West End Historic District is a residential historic district located in western Decatur, Illinois. The district, which was primarily built in the first half of the 20th century, includes over 1,700 contributing buildings. The West End was a popular neighborhood for Decatur's business owners and managers at its large industries, and the ...
The neighborhood is bordered by Crown Heights to the northwest; Bedford–Stuyvesant and Cypress Hills to the north; East New York to the east; Canarsie to the south; and East Flatbush to the west. The 1.163-square-mile (3.01 km 2 ) area that comprises Brownsville has 58,300 residents as of the 2010 United States Census , with an estimated ...
The Atlanta Consolidated Street Railway built the North Decatur trolley line in 1892. [2] This line crossed the South Decatur trolley line at the center of the Oakhurst business district - the intersection of East Lake Drive, Oakview Road and Mead Road. This portion of Oakhurst was owned by Eugenius N. Meade in the late 19th century.
While downtown Decatur was platted in 1829, it did not experience significant commercial development until 1854, when two railroads built lines through the city; all but one of the district's contributing buildings were built between 1854 and 1916. The district includes many of the commercial buildings which were built in the economic boom ...
The map depicts the main landmarks of the time, and figures such as the legendary Prester John in Africa, the Great Khan in China, "Xilam" and Sumatra, and the design of a three-masted European ship in the Indian Ocean, something which had not occurred, suggesting that a sea-lane was a possibility. [37]
The Decatur Historic District is a residential historic district in the Millikin Heights neighborhood of Decatur, Illinois.The district encompasses the city's historic Near West and Southwest neighborhoods and was formed beginning in the 1850s and continuing through the 1920s.