Decatur County, Alabama is a former
county of the
state of
Alabama,
United States. Its name is in honor of Commodore
Stephen Decatur of the
United States Navy. Its
county seat was
Woodville.
Decatur County was established on
December 7,
1821. In 1822, the location of Woodville was selected as its county seat, but a few years later it was found that the county did not have the constitutional number of square miles and it was abolished, its territory being divided between
Madison County and
Jackson County.