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DeKalb County, Indiana
DeKalb County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Auburn
Year Organized: 1835
Square Miles: 363 |
Court House: 100 South Main Street
County Courthouse
Auburn, IN 46706-2321
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
The county was named for General De Kalb, an American Revolutionary War officer who was of German
descent.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
DeKalb County was organized February 2, 1837 becoming effective May 1, 1837. Auburn became the County Seat May
1, 1837. First settled in 1836 by W. Park, by 1849 it contained fifty houses, all of wood, and 300 inhabitants; the
public buildings consisted of a Courthouse along with offices for the Clerk, Recorder and Auditor.
A disastrous fire occurred February 8, 1913, which destroyed part of the county records, among which were all the
records of the County Clerk.
DeKalb County is divided into 15 Civil Townships as follows: Butler, Concord, Fairfield, Franklin, Grant,
Jackson, Keyser, Newville, Richland, Smithfield, Spencer, Stafford, Troy, Union and Wilmington.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 364 square miles (942 kmē), of which 363
square miles (940 kmē) is land and 1 square mile (3 kmē) (0.27%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- North: Steuben County
- Northeast: Williams County, Ohio
- East: Defiance County, Ohio
- South: Allen County
- West: Noble County
- Northwest: Lagrange County
Cities and Towns:
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- Altona |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Ashley |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Auburn
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Butler |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Cedar Creek |
township |
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- Corunna |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Garrett |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Jackson |
township |
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- Keyser |
township |
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- Newville |
township |
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- St. Joe |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Stafford |
township |
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- Steuben |
township |
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- Union |
township |
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- Waterloo |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Wilmington |
township |
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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