Back مقاطعة ديكالب (ميزوري) Arabic دکالب بؤلگهسی، میزوری AZB DeKalb County, Missouri BAR Дикалб (окръг, Мисури) Bulgarian ডিকলাব কাউন্টি, মিসৌরি BPY DeKalb Gông (Missouri) CDO Де-Калб (гуо, Миссури) CE DeKalb County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Missouri) CEB DeKalb County, Missouri Welsh DeKalb County (Missouri) German
DeKalb County | |
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.JPG) DeKalb County Courthouse in Maysville | |
 Location within the U.S. state of Missouri | |
 Missouri's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 39°54′N 94°24′W / 39.9°N 94.4°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Missouri |
| Founded | February 25, 1845 |
| Named for | Johann de Kalb |
| Seat | Maysville |
| Largest city | Cameron |
| Area | |
• Total | 426 sq mi (1,100 km2) |
| • Land | 421 sq mi (1,090 km2) |
| • Water | 4.5 sq mi (12 km2) 1.0% |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 11,029 |
| • Density | 26/sq mi (10.0/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Congressional district | 6th |
| Website | www |
DeKalb County is a county located in the northwest portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,029.[1] Its county seat is Maysville.[2] The county was organized February 25, 1845[3] and named for General Johann de Kalb,[4] Baron de Kalb, of the Revolutionary War.
DeKalb County is part of the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS Combined Statistical Area.
- ^ "2020 Population and Housing State Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 284.
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 103.