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DeKalb County
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county in Missouri, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- Founded
- February 25, 1845
- Named after
- Johann de Kalb
- Seat
- Maysville
- Largest city
- Cameron
- Total
- 426 sq mi (1,100 km )
- Land
- 421 sq mi (1,090 km )
- Water
- 4.5 sq mi (12 km ) 1.0%
- Estimate 2025
- 9,795
- Density
- 26.2/sq mi (10.1/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 6th
- Website
- www .dekalbcountymo .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
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. Its county seat is Maysville. The county was organized February 25, 1845 and named for General Johann de Kalb, 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.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “DeKalb County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.