DeKalb
DeKalb is a city in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. The population was 40,290 at the 2020 census, down from 43,862 at the 2010 census. The city is named after decorated Franconian-French war hero Johann de Kalb, who died during the American Revolutionary War.Photo: Zcarstvnz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Town with 42,600 residents
- Description: city in De Kalb County, Illinois, United States
- Postal code: 60115
Notable Places in the Area
Northern Illinois University
Photo: Alexbaumgarner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Northern Illinois University is a public research university in DeKalb, Illinois.
Huskie Stadium
Brigham Field at Huskie Stadium is a college football stadium in the central United States, located on the campus of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois.Ellwood House
The Ellwood House was built as a private home by barbed wire entrepreneur Isaac Ellwood in 1879.DeKalb
- Categories: city in the United States and locality
- Location: Township of DeKalb, DeKalb County, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.9299° or 41° 55' 48" northLongitude
-88.7502° or 88° 45' 1" westPopulation
42,600Elevation
268 metres (879 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 9298253788OpenStreetMap Feature
place=townGeoNames ID
4889553Wikidata ID
Q580478DeKalb Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: DeKalb, Illinois
- Arabic: ديكالب
- Armenian: Դե Կալբ
- Armenian: Դե Քալբ
- Basque: DeKalb (Illinois)
- Basque: DeKalb
- Bulgarian: Декалб
- Catalan: DeKalb
- Cebuano: DeKalb
- Chechen: Де-Калб (Иллинойс)
- Chechen: Де-Калб
- Chinese: DeKalb
- Chinese: 迪卡尔布
- Chinese: 迪卡爾布
- Cornish: DeKalb
- Croatian: DeKalb (Illinois)
- Croatian: DeKalb
- Czech: DeKalb
- Dagbani: DeKalb
- Danish: DeKalb
- Dutch: DeKalb
- Egyptian Arabic: ديكالب
- English: DeKalb, IL
- English: DeKalb, Illinois
- English: De Kalb, Illinois
- French: DeKalb
- German: DeKalb
- Haitian: DeKalb, Ilinwa
- Haitian: DeKalb
- Hebrew: דיקלב, אילינוי
- Ido: DeKalb
- Interlingua: DeKalb
- Irish: DeKalb
- Italian: DeKalb
- Japanese: ディカルブ
- Korean: 디캘브
- Ladin: DeKalb
- Min Nan Chinese: DeKalb
- Nepali: डेकाल्ब, इलियोनोई
- Newari: डेकाल्ब
- Norwegian: DeKalb
- Norwegian Bokmål: DeKalb
- Persian: دکالب، ایلینوی
- Polish: DeKalb
- Portuguese: DeKalb
- Russian: Де-Калб
- Russian: ДеКалб
- Serbian: Декаб
- Serbian: Декалб
- Serbo-Croatian: DeKalb, Illinois
- Serbo-Croatian: DeKalb
- Silesian: DeKalb
- South Azerbaijani: دکالب، ایلینوی
- Spanish: DeKalb
- Spanish: De Kalb, Illinois
- Swedish: DeKalb
- Tatar: Де-Калб (Иллинойс)
- Tatar: Де-Калб
- Turkish: DeKalb, Illinois
- Turkish: DeKalb
- Ukrainian: Де-Калб
- Urdu: ڈے کالب، الینوائے
- Uzbek: DeKalb
- Uzbek: ДеКалб
- Vietnamese: DeKalb
- Volapük: DeKalb
- Waray (Philippines): DeKalb
- Welsh: DeKalb, Illinois
- Western Panjabi: ڈیکالب
- Buena Vista
- De Kalb
- DeKalb Center
- Huntleys Grove
Other Places Named DeKalb
In the Area
- Five PointsHamlet, 8 km north
- Sycamore
- WilkinsonHamlet, 9 km north
- Afton CenterHamlet, 9 km south
- MaltaVillage, 9 km west
- ClareHamlet, 12 km northwest
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page DeKalb. Photo: Zcarstvnz, CC BY-SA 4.0.