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DeKalb County, Missouri

DeKalb County is a county in the northwest part of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,029.<[1] The county seat is Maysville.[2] The county was founded on February 25, 1845.[3] It is named after General Johann de Kalb,[4] Baron de Kalb, of the American Revolutionary War.

References

  1. ↑ "QuickFacts: DeKalb County, Missouri". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  3. ↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 284.
  4. ↑ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 103.


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