Decatur, capital of Macon county, Illinois, on the Sangamon River, 39 miles E. of Springfield, at the junction of several railways. It has woollen, planing, and flour mills, and a number of smaller manufactories. Pop. (1880) 9547; (1890) 16,841.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 720
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