Home > Courses > Decatur

Decatur

Elevation : 1,097
Population : 5,284

Pre-Civil War Decatur, the seat of Wise County, is on Hwy. 81 on the way to Wichita Falls from Fort Worth, on the edge of the Grand Prairies region that overlooks the Cross Timbers. Gamblers have no doubt heard the phrase “eighter from Decatur,” supposedly coined here when the railroad made its way through town in the 1880s. The town prospered as a shipping point, and has hung on over the years and even managed a bit of growth since some of its residents commute into Fort Worth to earn their living. These folks get their golf in at the 9-hole Decatur Golf & Country Club, where you can work in a quick round if you’re headed towards the Indian territory.

Decatur Golf Courses :

• Decatur Golf & Country Club

Notes
Up the road on US 81 in Alvord, TX is Brushy Creek Vineyards (940-427-4747), where the tasting room offers samples of the local moonshine. B&B options are The Heritage House (940-627-3736), Grasslands Bed & Barn (940-627-7176) out on the LBJ National Grassslands. By the railroad tracks there’s the Whistle Stop Cafe (555-555-5555) or find Yesterday’s Texas (940-627-5866) on 287, a nice 1950s-style joint. Beer drinkers need to eat at the Cow Camp Steakhouse (627-7741), where the food is outstanding, or the more lively Frilly’s (940-626-1424), where the locals go to watch sporting events.