Decatur is a city in Root and Washington townships, Adams County, Indiana, United States. It is the county seat of Adams County. Decatur is home to Adams Memorial Hospital, which was designated as one of the "Top 100" Critical Access Hospitals in the United States. The population of Decatur was 9,913 at the 2020 census, up from 9,405 at the 2010 census.
Decatur downtown in 2006.
New York Times article detailing the last Black man to be forcefully driven out of Decatur, Indiana.
Adams County courthouse, Decatur, Indiana, 2006
Adams Memorial Hospital
Root Township, Adams County, Indiana
Root Township is one of twelve townships in Adams County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 6,033, up from 4,443 at the 2010 census.
The Lenhart Farmhouse, a historic site in the township