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It lies south of the Bank Street-Old Decatur Historic District and east of the New Decatur–Albany Residential Historic District. New Decatur was founded in 1887 as a planned town and suburb of Decatur. The town was renamed Albany in 1916 and merged with "Old" Decatur in 1927. The district contains 48 buildings centered on 2nd Avenue.
Albany first appeared on the 1890 U.S. Census as the incorporated city of New Decatur. [6] It continued to report as New Decatur until its name change in 1916. It reported lastly as Albany in 1920 [7] before its merger with the city of Decatur in 1927. From 1900-1920, New Decatur/Albany was the 12th largest city in Alabama.
Decatur: Second set of boundaries represent a boundary increase of April 14, 2004, the New Decatur-Albany Residential Historic District. Originally enlisted as Albany Heritage Neighborhood Historic District. 11: Rhea-McEntire House: Rhea-McEntire House
Decatur (/ d ɪ ˈ k eɪ t ə r / [7]) is the largest city and county seat of Morgan County (with a portion also in Limestone County) in the U.S. state of Alabama. [8] Nicknamed "The River City," it is located in northern Alabama on the banks of Wheeler Lake along the Tennessee River.
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.
Cedar Lake was a settlement in Morgan County, Alabama inaugurated November 6, 1897. [2] It was located within the boundaries of current day Decatur, Alabama near the Louisville & Nashville Railway covering 363 acres for both the town and for growing crops. [2]
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