Marriage is an agreement between two people. Both people make promises in exchange to have the other as a spouse in their life. However, sometimes in life one spouse breaks the marriage agreement. The result of this action is sometimes a decision by the couple that it is impossible for them to continue their agreement.

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Decatur, Alabama

City nickname: "The River City"
Location in Morgan County and Alabama
County	Morgan County Limestone County
Area  - Total  - Water	155.1 km²; (6.5 mi²) 16.8 km² (149.9 mi²) 10.83%
Population  - Total (2000)  - Metropolitan	53,929 149,629
Time zone	Central: UTC–6
Mayor	Don Kyle
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Decatur, Alabama is a city in Morgan County, Alabama, with a small portion in southern Limestone County. Decatur is the core city of the Decatur Metropolitan Area, and the second largest(core) city in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. Decatur sits on the southern bank of the Tennessee River. Decatur currently has an estimated population of 54,528.

Decatur is served by the Huntsville International Airport (a part of the Port of Huntsville), as well as Pryor Field Regional Airport.

History

Initially the area was known as Rhodes Ferry, named after a ferry that crossed the Tennessee River in the 1810s, and was incorporated as Albany in the year 1821.

Decatur was a very important point in North Alabama during its earliest days. Decatur was the Eastern Terminous of the Decatur-Courtland-Tuscumbia Railroad, the first railway built west of the Appalachian Mountains .

The city is named after naval hero Stephen Decatur, Jr. New Decatur was a city founded just north of Decatur in 1887 and incorporated in 1889.

Because of its location on the strategic Memphis & Charleston Railroad, Decatur was the site of several encounters during the American Civil War. All but three buildings were burned down during the 1864 Battle of Decatur, when Decatur was referred to as A Tough Nut To Crack. The three that remained are the Old State Bank, Dancy-Polk House, and the McEntire House.

The Old State Bank, on the edge of downtown, is the oldest bank building in the State of Alabama, at the age of 172 years. The first Wave Pool in the United States was built here, and is still in operation at the Point Mallard Aquatic Center. Decatur is also home to the largest Victorian Era Home District in the State of Alabama. Decatur is also home to the oldest Opera House in the State of Alabama (Cotaco Opera House), the building still exists on Johnston Street.

In the past, its industries included repair shops of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, car works, engine works, engine works, tannery, bottling plants, and manufactures of lumber, sashes and blinds, fertilizers, cigars, flour, cottonseed oil, and various other products.

Historical Timeline

• Area founded as Rhodes Ferry in 1810s.
• Rhodes Ferry incorporated as Albany in 1821.
• Dancy-Polk House erected in 1829.
• Also in 1829-1830, Decatur became the home to the first railroad ever built west of the Appalachian Mountains Tuscumbia-Courtland-Decatur Railroad.
• Old State Bank erected on July 29, 1833.
• McEntire House built in 1836.
• Battle of Decatur takes place during the American Civil War in November, 1864.
• Decatur's Victorian Era Home District built between 1870 and 1910
• New Decatur founded in 1887, incorporated in 1889.
• Princess Theatre built in 1919.
• Albany Decatur, and New Decatur merge in 1927.
• TVA brings new business to Decatur through the military, and energy management in the 1930s.

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