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Missouri Counties
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Missouri Counties
Missouri has 114 counties and one independent city. St. Louis City is separate from St. Louis
County and is referred to as a "city not within a county." |
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DeKalb County, Missouri
DeKalb County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Maysville
Year Organized: 1845
Square Miles: 424 |
Court House: P.O. Box 248
County Courthouse
Maysville, MO 64469-0248
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Named for Johann Kalb, Baron deKalb. Baron deKalb was a German-born officer who served with the French Army and was killed in the American Revolution.
Demographics:
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History of DeKalb County
When Missouri was admitted to the union, the present counties north of the Missouri River were included in Ray
County. In 1822 Clay County was organized, and included the present county of De Kalb. In 1833 the county was again
annexed to Clinton for civil and military purposes, and it was not until 1845 that De Kalb was made a separate and
distinct county. It was named in honor of Baron John De Kalb, "a Frenchman of Revolutionary fame, who was killed in the
battle of Camden in 1780." (Eaton, p. 284; HIST. HARRISON, p. 119; SESSION LAWS, 1844-5, p. 40; ATLAS DE KALB, 1877)
Source: Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1929.
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Adams |
township |
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- Amity |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Clarksdale |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Colfax |
township |
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- Dallas |
township |
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- Grand River |
township |
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- Grant |
township |
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- Maysville
(County
Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Osborn |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Stewartsville |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Union Star |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Weatherby |
town |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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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,
act locally." |
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