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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 .
The Northern Star is the independent, student-produced daily news organization of Northern Illinois University (NIU) in DeKalb, Ill. The Northern Star covers NIU campus news, DeKalb city and county news, NIU Sports and Northern Illinois entertainment.
Russell Huntley (born 1807), along with his younger brother Lewis Huntley (1816-1862), founded the Illinois city of DeKalb. The pair owned most of the land that would become DeKalb. County surveyor Daniel W. Lamb platted two sections of DeKalb township as a new village in November 1853, [1] a village originally known as Huntley's Grove. [2]
DeKalb County was formed on March 4, 1837, [3] out of Kane County, Illinois. The county was named for Johann de Kalb, [4] a German hero of the American Revolutionary War. DeKalb County's area is approximately 632.7 square miles, and it is located 63 miles west of Chicago. There are 19 townships in the county; the county seat is Sycamore.
Taylor was a prominent DeKalb citizen, who served as a DeKalb Alderman, served on several city committees, and was influential in the airport's and community's history. After his death in 1983, in his honor, the city of DeKalb renamed the airport to DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport. In 2001, Taylor was inducted into the Illinois Aviation Hall of ...
The hotel has a long history in DeKalb and in Fenlong's family. His uncle owned the hotel in the 1980s and eventually sold it to his father. Fenlong leased and operated the bar for a few ...
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.
DeKalb High School (disambiguation), the name of several high schools in the United States; DeKalb–Peachtree Airport (PDK), Chamblee, DeKalb County, Georgia; DeKalb School of the Arts, a magnet school in DeKalb County, Georgia near Atlanta; DeKalb receptor, a fictional device in the science fiction story "Waldo" by Robert A. Heinlein