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Decatur, Mississippi whether the population was such that the Village of Decatur could be declared a town. On October 10, 1912, the "Newton County Times" published a proclamation from Lt. and Acting Governor Theo. G. Bilbo declaring that the Village of Decatur with a population of 324 was now the Town of Decatur.

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ev.'ton County was ba Count\•, and Decatur , te for the county seat ~, on wa:. made as to house and jail would be, ed offfor businesses and Decatur came from Com Oecatur. One of the early , liquor hop or "grocery." ... used for court during a bank at night. This may ea of the atmosphere of

By this time the citizens of Decatur were interested in education, and schools were improving. An agricultural high school was to be established in the county, and Decatur was one of the places interested in having the school. Decatur offered build ings, land and cash totaling about $12,000 in value. The property offered was 20 acres of agricultural land valued at $1,000; the buildings, furnishings and campus of Decatur public school valued at $11,000 after fitting up the old school buildings as a boys dormitory; and a 16-room boarding house for a girls dormitory, cost of about $3,500 for a total of $15,000 in buildings and land and 5 or 6 acres which the buildings stand on. From this, the Newton County Agricultural High School, grew the interest in forming East Central Junior College, now called East Central Community Col lege, at Decatur. The Greater Decatur Chamber of Com merce has worked to continued the growth and improvement so that we have more churches, civic and service clubs, health facilities, fire and police protection, and better schools. Efforts are made to pre serve our past history with the establish ment of a Newton County Archives, but always with a look toward the future. Source: http://www.decaturms.org

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