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Morgan County is a county in the north-central part of the U.S. state of Alabama.As of the 2020 census, its population was 123,421. [2] The county seat is Decatur. [3] On June 14, 1821, it was renamed in honor of American Revolutionary War General Daniel Morgan of Virginia. [4]
The Decatur, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area is a moderately urban region of North-Central Alabama.The 2020 Census put the population of the metropolitan area at 152,740, of which one-third resides within the boundaries of its core city, Decatur, Alabama, [1] It is also considered to be part of the North, Northwest, and North-Central regions of Alabama.
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Decatur's main thoroughfares are U.S. Route 31 (6th Avenue), U.S. Route 72 Alternate , State Route 24, and State Route 67. 6th Avenue begins as both U.S. 72 Alternate and U.S. 31, and the two routes split after being carried by the twin-span "Steamboat Bill" Hudson Memorial Bridge that crosses the Tennessee River at the north central part of town.
The U.S. state of Alabama is served by six area codes. When the North American Numbering Plan was first defined in 1947, Alabama was a single numbering plan area (NPA), with area code 205. This configuration existed until 1995 when area code 334 was added for the southeastern part of the state. In 1998, area code 256 was assigned for northern ...
The project was completed in the summer of 2007. The road is known as the "University of North Alabama Highway". Florence and the Shoals area does not have a direct link to an Interstate highway. One solution discussed has been the Memphis to Atlanta Highway, proposed to connect the two cities via a freeway through north Alabama.
Originally, US 72 Alt. turned off SR-20 on to SR-53 / Jordan Lane in Huntsville and followed it north one mile (1.6 km) to rejoin with US 72. With the completion of I-565 in the early 1990s, US 72 Alt. was routed along with I-565 to the termination of I-565 at US 72 at Chapman Mountain.
Decatur High School is a public high school in Decatur, Alabama, United States. It is one of two high schools in the Decatur City School District . Decatur High offers technical, academic, and Advanced Placement (AP) programs, as well as dual enrollment with the John C. Calhoun Community College System .