Decatur, Alabama
Largest city and county seat of Morgan County (with a portion also in Limestone County) in the U.S. state of Alabama.
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Tennessee River
Largest tributary of the Ohio River.
It travels through the Huntsville and Decatur area before reaching the Muscle Shoals area, and eventually forms a small part of the state's border with Mississippi, before returning to Tennessee.
United Launch Alliance
American spacecraft launch service provider that manufactures and operates a number of rocket vehicles that are capable of launching spacecraft into orbits around Earth and to other bodies in the Solar System.
ULA merged the production and operation of the two companies' government space launch services into one central plant in Decatur, Alabama, and merged all engineering into another central facility in Littleton, Colorado.
Limestone County, Alabama
County of the U.S. state of Alabama.
Calhoun Community College - 2-year college located in the southern part of the county in Decatur
Huntsville-Decatur, AL Combined Statistical Area
Most populated sub-region of North Alabama, and is the second fastest growing region in the State of Alabama, with 659,486 living within the CSA.
Significant cities included in the CSA include Athens, Decatur, Hartselle, Huntsville, and Madison, as well as Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, and Morgan counties.
Decatur metropolitan area, Alabama
Moderately urban region of North-Central Alabama.
The 2008 estimate population is 150,125, one-third of which resides within the boundaries of its core city, Decatur, Alabama.
Tennessee Valley
Drainage basin of the Tennessee River and is largely within the U.S. state of Tennessee.
Decatur, Alabama, known as "The River City", dominated the economic landscape of north Alabama until the late 1950s, when the space race catapulted its neighbor Huntsville into that position. For most of the 20th century up to that point, Decatur held the top position in terms of economic impact and population. Its mixture of river transport and rail access has made it a busy hub of business, commerce, and manufacturing (chemicals and textiles especially) flowing down the river on the barges and boats of numerous companies and docking at the Port of Decatur. Decatur also claims the nickname "The Heart of the Valley" because of its location near the exact center of the length of the Tennessee River. Also because most north/south shipping traffic is funneled through the town utilizing three river crossings that are main routes for rail and road traffic between Birmingham and Nashville. The city is also an important river port that uses intermodal facilities to switch shipping methods between trains, trucks, and barges.
Memphis and Charleston Railroad
The first railroad in the United States to link the Atlantic Ocean with the Mississippi River.
In Alabama, the railroad followed the route of the Tuscumbia, Courtland and Decatur Railroad between Tuscumbia and Decatur, the first railroad to be built west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Morgan County, Alabama
County in the north central part of the U.S. state of Alabama.
The county seat is Decatur.
U.S. Route 31 in Alabama
U.S. Route 31 (US 31) in Alabama runs north–south up through the heart of Alabama for 386.449 mi. US 31 proper begins at a junction with US 90 and US 98 in Spanish Fort and exits the state into Tennessee running concurrently with Interstate 65 (I-65) near Ardmore.
US 31 enters the limits of major cities Montgomery, Birmingham, and Decatur.
Wave pool
Swimming pool in which there are artificially generated, reasonably large waves, similar to those of the ocean.
Several locations claim to have developed the first wave pool in the United States, including Big Surf in Tempe, Arizona and Point Mallard Park in Decatur, Alabama, which both opened in 1969.