De Kalb
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town in Mississippi, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- County
- Kemper
- Named after
- Johann de Kalb
- Mayor
- Clark Adams
- Total
- 3.32 sq mi (8.61 km )
- Land
- 3.32 sq mi (8.60 km )
- Water
- 0.0077 sq mi (0.02 km )
- Elevation
- 466 ft (142 m)
- Density
- 264.3/sq mi (102.03/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 28-18340
- Gnis feature id
- 0669159
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Encyclopedic overview
De Kalb is a town in and the county seat of Kemper County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2020 census, De Kalb had a population of 877. De Kalb is named after General Johann de Kalb, a Franconian-French military officer who served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
Geography
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