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