DeKalb County

DeKalb County is a county located in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 100,420. Its county seat is . DeKalb County is part of the .
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  • Type: county of Illinois with 105,000 residents
  • Description: county in Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: De Kalb County”, “De Kalb County, Illinois”, “DeKalb”, “DeKalb County, IL”, and “DeKalb County, Illinois
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Egyptian Theatre.

Theater building
The in , Illinois, United States, is an Egyptian Revival theatre that is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. is situated 3 miles north of DeKalb County.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include DeKalb.

is a city in County, Illinois, United States. The population was 40,290 at the 2020 census. The city is named after decorated -French war hero Johann de Kalb, who died during the American Revolutionary War.

DeKalb County

Latitude
41.8935° or 41° 53′ 37″ north
Longitude
-88.7703° or 88° 46′ 13″ west
Population
105,000
Elevation
863 feet (263 metres)
Open location code
86HHV6VH+CV
Geo­Names ID
4889554
Wiki­data ID
Q111613
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“DeKalb County” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: DeKalb County
  • Arabic: مقاطعة ديكالب
  • Arabic: مقاطعه ديكالب، إلينوي
  • Armenian: Դեկալբ շրջան
  • Asturian: condáu de DeKalb
  • Basque: DeKalb konderria
  • Bavarian: DeKalb County, Illinois
  • Bavarian: DeKalb County
  • Bishnupriya: ডিকলাব কাউন্টি, ইলিনয়স
  • Bishnupriya: ডিকলাব কাউন্টি
  • Bulgarian: Дикалб
  • Catalan: comtat de DeKalb
  • Cebuano: DeKalb County
  • Chechen: Де-Калб (гуо, Иллинойс)
  • Chechen: Де-Калб
  • Chinese: DeKalb Kūn
  • Chinese: 迪卡尔布县
  • Chinese: 迪卡爾布縣
  • Dutch: DeKalb County
  • Esperanto: De Kalb County
  • Esperanto: DeKalb County
  • Esperanto: kantono De Kalb
  • Esperanto: kantono DeKalb
  • Estonian: DeKalbi maakond
  • Finnish: DeKalbin piirikunta
  • French: comté de De Kalb
  • French: comté de DeKalb
  • French: Comté de DeKalb
  • French: De Kalb County
  • French: DeKalb County
  • Georgian: დე-კალბის ოლქი
  • German: De Kalb County
  • German: DeKalb County
  • Gilaki: دیکلب ٚ شأرستان (ايلينؤی)
  • Gilaki: دیکلب ٚ شأرستان
  • Greek: Κομητεία ΝτεΚάλμπ
  • Hebrew: מחוז דהקאלב
  • Hungarian: DeKalb megye
  • Indonesian: DeKalb County, Illinois
  • Indonesian: DeKalb County
  • Irish: Contae DeKalb
  • Italian: contea di De Kalb
  • Italian: contea di DeKalb
  • Italian: Contea di DeKalb
  • Italian: De Kalb County
  • Italian: DeKalb County
  • Japanese: デカルブ郡
  • Korean: 디캘브군
  • Latin: DeKalb Comitatus
  • Low German: DeKalb County
  • Mazanderani: دیکلب شهرستان (ایلینوی)
  • Mazanderani: دیکلب شهرستان
  • Min Dong Chinese: DeKalb Gông
  • Min Nan Chinese: DeKalb Kūn
  • Northern Frisian: DeKalb County
  • Norwegian Bokmål: DeKalb County i Illinois
  • Norwegian Bokmål: DeKalb County
  • Norwegian: DeKalb County
  • Persian: شهرستان دیکلب، ایلینوی
  • Persian: شهرستان دیکلب
  • Polish: Hrabstwo DeKalb
  • Portuguese: condado de De Kalb
  • Portuguese: condado de DeKalb
  • Portuguese: Condado de DeKalb
  • Portuguese: De Kalb County
  • Portuguese: DeKalb County
  • Romanian: Comitatul DeKalb, Illinois
  • Romanian: Comitatul DeKalb
  • Russian: Де-Калб
  • Sardinian: contea de DeKalb
  • Scottish Gaelic: DeKalb County
  • Serbian: Округ Декаб
  • Serbo-Croatian: DeKalb County, Illinois
  • Serbo-Croatian: DeKalb County
  • Slovenian: DeKalb County
  • Slovenian: Okrožje DeKalb
  • South Azerbaijani: دکالب بؤلگه‌سی، ایلینوی
  • Spanish: condado de De Kalb
  • Spanish: condado de DeKalb
  • Spanish: Condado de DeKalb
  • Spanish: De Kalb County
  • Spanish: DeKalb County
  • Swedish: DeKalb County, Illinois
  • Swedish: DeKalb County
  • Tatar: Де-Калб (округ, Иллинойс)
  • Tatar: Де-Калб
  • Turkish: DeKalb County, IL
  • Turkish: DeKalb County, Ill.
  • Turkish: DeKalb County, Illinois
  • Turkish: DeKalb County
  • Turkish: DeKalb ilçesi, IL
  • Turkish: DeKalb ilçesi, Ill.
  • Turkish: DeKalb ilçesi, Illinois
  • Turkish: DeKalb ilçesi
  • Ukrainian: Декальб
  • Urdu: ڈیکلب کاؤنٹی، الینوائے
  • Urdu: ڈیکلب کاؤنٹی
  • Venetian: contea de DeKalb
  • Vietnamese: Quận DeKalb, Illinois
  • Vietnamese: Quận DeKalb
  • Waray (Philippines): Condado han DeKalb, Illinois
  • Waray (Philippines): Condado han DeKalb
  • Welsh: DeKalb County, Illinois
  • Welsh: DeKalb County
  • Western Panjabi: ڈیکالب کاشنٹی

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Fairview Park Cemetery and DeKalb High School.

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