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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 .
Illinois Route 23 (IL 23) is a north–south state highway in northern Illinois. It runs from Illinois Route 116 in Pontiac north to U.S. Route 14 south of Harvard. This is a distance of 122.77 miles (197.58 km). [1] Illinois 23 was established in 1918 as one of the original 46 SBI routes. The routing of Illinois 23 has not changed since its ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map. [1]
English: This is a locator map showing DeKalb County in Illinois. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Date: 12 February 2006: Source:
US 30 was then concurrent with current IL 31 (then called US 430) north to IL 38 in Geneva and kept the 1926 routing westward from Geneva. The old US 30 through Chicago became US 330 . In the Fox River Valley, US 430 was created and ran north to Richmond from Geneva.
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.
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 of the sycamore". [5]
Illinois Route 38 is an 88.86-mile-long (143.01 km) west–east state highway that runs across northern Illinois. It runs from U.S. Route 52 (US 52) in downtown Dixon to US 12 / US 20 / US 45 (Mannheim Road) in Westchester . [ 1 ]