Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau 1854, i whakaritea te rohe o Kansas, kātahi i te tau 1861 ka noho a Kansas hei rohe 34 o U.S. I whakatuhia a Decatur County i te Poutu-te-rangi 20, 1873 ka whakahaerehia i te Tihema 15, 1879. I tapaina te ingoa mo te toa o te pakanga Navy Commodore Stephen Decatur, Jr., i mahi i te Pakanga Barbary Tuatahi
me te Pakanga Tuarua o Barbary me te Pakanga o 1812.