Decatur
Morgan County seat sitting twenty-five miles southwest of Huntsville, where the Tennessee River widens into Wheeler Lake and the bass-fishing tournaments outdraw most local sporting events. Downtown's two historic districts, Old Decatur and Albany, survived the Civil War with enough Victorian housing stock to make preservationists weep with gratitude. The economy leans on 3M, Toray, and the river port; the dating pool leans engineer, plant manager, and Calhoun Community College adjacent. Quieter than Huntsville, cheaper than Madison, and the people who choose it tend to mean it. Friday nights happen at Cross-Eyed Owl or along Bank Street, not at a brewery district that does not exist.
Decatur by the numbers
Median individual income in Decatur is about $30.8k.
The median renter in Decatur pays about $890 a month.
Local date spots
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Cook Museum of Natural Science
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AMF River City Lanes
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Funland Mini Golf
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