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DeKalb County, Illinois
DeKalb County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Sycamore
Year Organized: 1837
Square Miles: 634
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Court House: 133 West State Street
Sycamore, IL 60178-1448
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Named for Johann DeKalb, a German baron, who served in the Colonies during the Revolution, and was mortally
wounded at Camden, South Carolina in 1780
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
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History
DeKalb County was created on March 4, 1837 (Laws, 1837, p. 97) and was formed from Kane County. Present area, or
parts of it, formerly included in: Kane County (1836–1837), LaSalle County (1831–1835), Putnam County (1825–1831),
Fulton County (1823–1825), Pike County (1821–1823), Clark County (1819–1821), Crawford County (1816–1819), Edwards
County (1815–1816), Madison County (1812–1815) and St. Clair County (1795–1812).
The County was named for Johann de Kalb, a German baron, who served in the Colonies during the Revolution, and was
mortally wounded at Camden, South Carolina in 1780. The County Seat is Sycamore . Prior County Seats was Orange—Name
later changed to Sycamore (1837–1839), Coltonville (1839–1840) and Sycamore (1840–Present).
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 635 square miles (1,645 kmē), of which 634
square miles (1,642 kmē) is land and 1 square mile (2 kmē) (0.13%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- North: Boone County
- Northeast: McHenry County
- East: Kane County
- Southeast: Kendall County
- South: La Salle County
- Southwest: Lee County
- Northwest: Ogle County; Winnebago County
Cities and Towns:
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- Afton |
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- Cortland |
town |
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- Dekalb |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Genoa |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Hinckley |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Kingston |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Kirkland |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Malta |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Mayfield |
township |
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- Pierce |
township |
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- Sandwich |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Shabbona |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Somonauk |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- South Grove |
township |
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- Squaw Grove |
township |
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- Sycamore
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Victor |
township |
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- Waterman |
village |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
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