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DeKalb (/ d ɪ ˈ k æ l b / dih-KALB) is a city in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. The population was 40,290 at the 2020 census . The city is named after decorated Franconian -French war hero Johann de Kalb , who died during the American Revolutionary War .
Sycamore, Illinois. Sycamore is a city in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. It has a commercial district based and centered on Illinois Route 64. The population was 18,577 at the 2020 census, [2] up from 17,419 at the 2010 census. Sycamore is the county seat of DeKalb County and was named after the sycamore tree.
DeKalb County is credited with being the birthplace of the Farm Bureau movement. DeKalb County is the 2nd largest hog producing county in Illinois and the 66th largest in the nation. Education has played an important role in the area: Northern Illinois University is located in DeKalb and Kishwaukee College is located in Malta.
Kishwaukee River. A great blue heron wades on the South Branch Kishwaukee River in DeKalb, Illinois, September 2006. The Kishwaukee River, locally known as simply The Kish, is a 63.4-mile-long (102.0 km) [2] river in the U.S. state of Illinois. [3] It is a tributary of the Rock River [4] and its name derives from the Potawatomi word for "river ...
825,407 (2023) [1] Website. DeKalb Public Transit. DeKalb Public Transit is the primary provider of mass transportation in DeKalb County, Illinois, with routes serving the DeKalb area. As of 2019, the system provided 509,527 rides over 27,393 annual vehicle revenue hours with 21 buses. [2]
The Haish Memorial Library (also known as the DeKalb Public Library) was designed by Chicago architects White and Weber ( Charles E. White, Jr. and Bertram A. Weber) [3] and built in the art deco style of the 1930s with funds left to the library by Jacob Haish in his 1928 will. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places ...
The city of Rockford, Illinois's third-largest city and center of the state's fourth largest metropolitan area, sits along Interstates 39 and 90 some 75 mi (121 km) northwest of Chicago. The Quad Cities region, located along the Mississippi River in northern Illinois, had a population of 381,342 in 2011.
UTC-5 (CDT) ZIP codes. 60111, 60115, 60150, 60178. FIPS code. 17-037-19174. DeKalb Township is one of nineteen townships in DeKalb County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 42,667 and it contained 18,004 housing units. [2] DeKalb Township was originally named Orange Township, but was renamed on November 20, 1850.