Decatur Alabama now finds its economy heavily based on manufacturing, mining, cargo transit, chemical, and high-tech companies such as Vulcan Materials, Daikin, Toray, and United Launch Alliance.
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19 Facts About Decatur Alabama
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New Decatur Alabama was a city that rose out of the ashes of former Decatur Alabama west of the railroad tracks.
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However, residents of the older Decatur Alabama resented the new town, founded and occupied by people who moved down from northern states.
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Animosity built until New Decatur Alabama renamed their town "Albany", after Albany, New York, in September 1916.
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Eastern portions of Decatur Alabama tend to act more suburban and traditional, while western portions tend to look more metropolitan and contemporary.
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The first wave pool in the United States was built in Decatur Alabama and is still in operation at the Point Mallard Aquatic Center.
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Decatur Alabama is 25 miles southwest of Huntsville, 86 miles north of Birmingham, and 44 miles east of Muscle Shoals.
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Decatur Alabama has a humid subtropical climate with four distinct seasons.
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Decatur Alabama has grown to be the busiest river port on the Tennessee River.
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The Port of Decatur Alabama sees large amounts of barge traffic from up and down the Tennessee River, which has led to twelve Fortune 500 companies opening plants in the city.
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Decatur Alabama Jubilee, begun in 1978, is the oldest hot air balloon race south of the Kentucky Derby's Great Balloon Race .
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Huntsville Times is the only other newspaper with a larger circulation in the Huntsville-Decatur Alabama Combined Statistical Area, and has been in circulation since 1996 to most area counties, when the Huntsville News closed.
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Decatur Alabama comes within 3 miles of Athens and touches Huntsville.
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Decatur Alabama is home to the Morgan County Rescue Squad, an all volunteer organization, who responds to water, cave and high angle rope rescues all throughout Morgan County.
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Decatur Alabama is served by First Response EMS, which began operations in July 2012.
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Decatur Alabama is served by two hospitals, Decatur Alabama General Hospital and Parkway Medical Center.
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Decatur Alabama General Hospital is a 273-bed, general acute care hospital and a 64-bed behavioral medicine hospital making it the third largest employer in Morgan County.
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Decatur Alabama General is accredited by the Joint Commission and its medical staff consists of more than 200 physicians representing 20 specialties.
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