Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakatūria te hanganga whakahaere o Decatur County i te tau 1822. I tapaina te ingoa o te rohe ki a Commodore Stephen Decatur, Jr., he rangatira moana i te Pakanga Tuatahi
me te Pakanga Tuarua o Barbary, me te Pakanga o 1812. I mate a Decatur i te whawhai takirua i te tau 1820.