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DeKalb County

county in Illinois, United States
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DeKalb County

Summary

DeKalb County is a county of Illinois[1]. It draws 613 Wikipedia views per month (county_of_illinois category, ranking #15 of 102).[2]

Key Facts

  • DeKalb County is located in Illinois[3].
  • DeKalb County is in the country of United States[4].
  • DeKalb County's instance of is recorded as county of Illinois[5].
  • DeKalb County's capital is recorded as Sycamore[6].
  • DeKalb County's shares border with is recorded as Winnebago County[7].
  • DeKalb County's shares border with is recorded as LaSalle County[8].
  • DeKalb County's shares border with is recorded as Boone County[9].
  • DeKalb County's shares border with is recorded as McHenry County[10].
  • DeKalb County's shares border with is recorded as Kane County[11].
  • DeKalb County's shares border with is recorded as Kendall County[12].
  • DeKalb County's shares border with is recorded as Lee County[13].
  • DeKalb County's shares border with is recorded as Ogle County[14].
  • Johann de Kalb is named after DeKalb County[15].
  • DeKalb County's Commons category is recorded as DeKalb County, Illinois[16].
  • March 4, 1837 marks the founding of DeKalb County[17].
  • DeKalb County's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 41.89, 'longitude': -88.77}[18].
  • DeKalb County's official website is recorded as http://dekalbcounty.org/[19].
  • DeKalb County's topic's main category is recorded as Category:DeKalb County, Illinois[20].
  • DeKalb County has a population of {'amount': '+105160'}[21].
  • DeKalb County has a population of {'amount': '+105111'}[22].
  • DeKalb County has a population of {'amount': '+104478'}[23].
  • DeKalb County has a population of {'amount': '+104622'}[24].
  • DeKalb County has a population of {'amount': '+104741'}[25].
  • DeKalb County has a population of {'amount': '+104352'}[26].
  • DeKalb County has a population of {'amount': '+100420'}[27].

Body

Geography

DeKalb County is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in Illinois[3].

Physical Characteristics

DeKalb County covers an area of {'amount': '+1645'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+105160'}[21], {'amount': '+105111'}[22], {'amount': '+104478'}[23], {'amount': '+104622'}[24], {'amount': '+104741'}[25], and {'amount': '+104352'}[26].

Designation and Status

DeKalb County's instance of is recorded as county of Illinois[5].

History and Context

March 4, 1837 marks the founding of DeKalb County[17]. Johann de Kalb is named after it[15].

Why It Matters

DeKalb County draws 613 Wikipedia views per month (county_of_illinois category, ranking #15 of 102).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

Corseul Illinois United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 22d ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/DeKalb County, Illi
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14687]]: Data:US presidential elections by county/DeKalb County, Illinois.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presidenti"
  2. 9w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → de-kalb-county
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: de-kalb-county, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289918974|de kalb county (#289918974)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's "
  3. 19w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Shares border with → Winnebago County, LaSalle County, Boone County +5
    Named after → —
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Illinois
    Area → {'amount': '+1645'}
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
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