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DeKalb County
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county in Tennessee, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Tennessee
- Named after
- Johann de Kalb
- Seat
- Smithville
- Largest city
- Smithville
- Total
- 329 sq mi (850 km )
- Land
- 304 sq mi (790 km )
- Water
- 25 sq mi (65 km ) 7.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 21,873
- Density
- 62/sq mi (24/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 6th
- Website
- dekalbtennessee .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Johann de Kalb
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Tennessee
- Contains
- Smithville
- Capital
- Smithville
- Population
- 20080
- Area
- 852
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Smith County
- Official website
- dekalbtennessee.com
- Image
- Dekalb county tennessee courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 7782
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- topic's main category
- Category:DeKalb County, Tennessee
- Commons category
- DeKalb County, Tennessee
- inception
- 1837-00-00
- different from
- DeKalb County
- water as percent of area
- 7.5
- native label
- DeKalb County
- per capita income
- 25135
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Encyclopedic overview
DeKalb County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,080. Its county seat is Smithville. The county was created by the General Assembly of Tennessee on December 2, 1837, and was named for Revolutionary War hero Major General Johann de Kalb.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “DeKalb County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.