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DeKalb County
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county in Alabama, United States
DeKalb County is a county located in Alabama in the United States. It matters as a local administrative division that serves its residents through county government and services.
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Within Vinony's link graph, DeKalb County is referenced by 460 other articles, and connects out to African Americans, Alabama and Baldwin County.
The entry is geolocated on the map in AL, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics 1836 establishments in Alabama, Alabama counties and DeKalb County, Alabama.
Its subject is documented across 52 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alabama
- Founded
- January 9, 1836
- Named after
- Johann de Kalb
- Seat
- Fort Payne
- Largest city
- Fort Payne
- Total
- 779 sq mi (2,020 km )
- Land
- 777 sq mi (2,010 km )
- Water
- 1.6 sq mi (4.1 km ) 0.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 74,085
- Density
- 92.2/sq mi (35.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- www .dekalbcountyal .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 71608
- Area
- 2017
- Official website
- www.dekalbcountyal.us
- Image
- DeKalb County Alabama Courthouse 20120329.jpg
- Households
- 26365
- Licence plate code
- 28
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- Commons category
- DeKalb County, Alabama
- inception
- 1836-01-09
- water as percent of area
- 0.2
- native label
- DeKalb County
- per capita income
- 22511
- mean age
- 39.6
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Encyclopedic overview
DeKalb County is a county in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 71,608. Its county seat is Fort Payne, and it is named after Major General Baron Johann de Kalb. DeKalb County is part of the Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL Combined Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “DeKalb County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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On the map
2 mapped locations