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associations charged with maintaining and promoting their separate histories. In addition, the two areas of town still maintain moderately distinct cultures. As
Decatur has continued to expand to the south and west (and become more modern in the process), the Albany and Old Decatur neighborhoods stand out as the city's historic core.
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deteriorating economic conditions. Eventually, though, because of the city's industries and quality of life, many
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Albany first appeared on the 1890 U.S. Census as the incorporated city of New
Decatur. It continued to report as New Decatur until its name change in 1916. It reported lastly as Albany in 1920 before its merger with the city of Decatur in 1927. From 1900-1920, New Decatur/Albany was the 12th largest
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Midwesterners. New Decatur was designed as a planned community with the help of famed landscape architect Nathan Franklin Barrett. The company set aside 100 acres (40 ha) of this land for churches and
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Decatur and can cause confusion for drivers.
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