 decatur county (county code dc) is a county located in northwest kansas. as of the 2010 census, the county population was 2,961. its county seat and most populous city is oberlin. the county is named in honor of commodore stephen decatur, jr. ==history== the county was established march 20, 1873 and organized on december 15, 1879. it is named for the navy war hero commodore stephen decatur, jr., who served during the first barbary war and the second barbary war and the war of 1812. oberlin was the site of the last native american (specifically the northern cheyenne) raid in kansas. ==law and government== following amendment to the kansas constitution in 1986, the county remained a prohibition, or "dry", county until 2002, when voters approved the sale of alcoholic liquor by the individual drink with a 30% food sales requirement. ==geography== according to the u.s. census bureau, the county has a total area of , of which  is land and  (0.07%) is water. ===adjacent counties=== * red willow county, nebraska (north) * furnas county, nebraska (northeast) * norton county (east) * sheridan county (south) * thomas county (southwest) * rawlins county (west) ==de
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