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DeKalb County was formed March 4, 1837 from part of Kane County
Named for Johann DeKalb, a German baron, who served in the Colonies
during the Revolution, and was mortally wounded at Camden, South Carolina in 1780
Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in:
18361837: Kane
18311835: LaSalle
18251831: Putnam
18231825: Fulton
18211823: Pike
18191821: Clark
18161819: Crawford
18151816: Edwards
18121815: Madison
17951812: St. Clair County Seats:
18371839: OrangeName later changed to Sycamore.
18391840: Coltonville
1840: Sycamore
Chief Shabbona
Shabbona, a Potawatomi chief, signed numerous treaties for Native American
tribes. Settling in De Kalb County, Illinois, after the War of 1812, Shabbona lived there for decades. Upon his
return from visiting the Potawatomi in Kansas sometime after 1848, he found that his land had been declared abandoned.
He lived with his family in a cabin on the Illinois River until his death in 1859. Read biography
Website Updates:
Apr 2013: bio for MORSCH
Jan 2013: bios for GREENMAN, CULVER
Dec 2012: Swedish membership list of 1st Lutheran Church of Kirkland
June 2012: ADEE obit
Mar 2012: BUEHLER obits
Jan 2012: FISH bio
Dec 2011: BOYNTON bio
June 2011: Pensioners on the Roll in 1883
Cities and Towns of DeKalb County County Seat: Sycamore
Afton Center, Charter Grove, Clare, Colvin Park, Cortland, DeKalb, East Paw
Paw, Edgebrook Mobile Home Park,Elva, Esmond, Evergreen Village Mobile Home Park (subdivision), Fairdale,
Five Points, Franks, Genoa, Hinckley, Kingston, Kirkland, Malta, McGirr, New Lebanon, Rollo, Sandwich, Shabbona,
Shabbona Grove, Somonauk, Sycamore, Waterman, Wilkinson
Township Names:
Afton - Formed from DeKalb
and Clinton on February 18, 1856.
Clinton
Cortland - First named
Richland, then changed to Pampas on November 20, 1850 and to Cortland on February 1, 1865.
DeKalb - Name changed from
Orange on November 20, 1850.
Franklin
Genoa
Kingston
Malta - Formed as Etna
from DeKalb in September, 1856; name changed from Etna in December, 1858.
Mayfield - Name changed
from Liberty on November 20, 1850.
Milan - Formed from Shabbona
and Malta on February 23, 1858.
Paw Paw - Formed in March,
1850.
Pierce - Formed from Squaw
Grove and Pampas (Cortland) before 1853.
Sandwich - Formed from
Somonauk on July 14, 1896.
Shabbona
Somonauk
South Grove - Name changed
from Vernon on November 20, 1850.
*Lookup Offer*
Jean Brusca has offered to do some obituary look ups and general research for folks, as well as taking photos at
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She may charge a small fee to cover her expenses for copies, gas, pictures etc.
Any negotiations are between you and her, we're just passing along the offer :-)
We would appreciate it if you would submit any data that comes your way through this lookup offer to our site to
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