DeKalb County, Indiana#References

{{Infobox U.S. county

| county = DeKalb County

| state = Indiana

| seal =

| founded = February 7, 1835 (authorized)
1837 (organized)

| seat wl = Auburn

| largest city = Auburn

| area_total_sq_mi = 363.85

| area_land_sq_mi = 362.82

| area_water_sq_mi = 1.03

| area percentage = 0.28%

| census yr = 2020

| pop = 43265

| pop_est_as_of = 2023

| population_est = 44198 {{increase}}

| density_sq_mi = auto

| website = [http://www.co.dekalb.in.us DeKalb County Government]

| ex image = Auburn-indiana-courthouse-night.jpg

| ex image cap = The DeKalb County courthouse in Auburn, Indiana.

| named for = Johann, Baron de Kalb

| district = 3rd

| footnotes = Indiana county number 17

| time zone = Eastern }}

DeKalb County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 43,265.{{Cite web |title=2020 Population and Housing State Data |url=https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/2020-population-and-housing-state-data.html?linkId=100000060680880}} The county seat is Auburn.{{Cite web |title=Find a County |url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 |access-date=June 7, 2011 |publisher=National Association of Counties}}

History

On February 7, 1835, the Indiana State Legislature passed an omnibus bill[https://archive.org/details/standardhistoryo01tynd/page/286/mode/2up John W Tyndall & OE Lesh, Standard History of Adams and Wells Counties, Indiana. pp. 284-6 (accessed 9 August 2020)] that authorized the creation of thirteen counties in northeast Indiana on previously unorganized land (including the recent Wabash New Purchase).The counties are Dekalb, Fulton, Jasper, Jay, Kosciusko, Marshall, Newton, Porter, Pulaski, Stark, Steuben, Wells, and Whitley. Newton County was merged with Jasper County in 1839, and was re-authorized as a separate county in 1859. The organization of the county's government commenced in 1837.{{Cite web |title=DeKalb County IN |url=http://www.stats.indiana.edu/profiles/profiles.asp?scope_choice=a&county_changer=18033 |access-date=July 13, 2014 |website=STATS Indiana |publisher=Indiana Business Research Center}} It was named for General Johann de Kalb, a Continental Army officer from Bavaria, who was killed at the Battle of Camden in South Carolina.{{Cite book |last=De Witt Clinton Goodrich & Charles Richard Tuttle |url=https://archive.org/details/anillustratedhi02tuttgoog |title=An Illustrated History of the State of Indiana |publisher=R. S. Peale & Co. |year=1875 |location=Indiana |page=[https://archive.org/details/anillustratedhi02tuttgoog/page/n567 555]}}{{Cite book |last=Gannett, Henry |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ |title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States |publisher=Govt. Print. Off. |year=1905 |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n102 103]}} The first settlers in the future DeKalb County were from New England, settling what was then known as the Northwest Territory.{{Where|date=April 2023}}{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}} These people were "Yankee" migrants, descended from the English Puritans who settled New England in the colonial era.Yankee Exodus: An Account of Migration from New England by Stewart Holbrook In the 1870s immigrants from Ireland and Germany began arriving in DeKalb County, in large numbers.{{Cite book |last=Ford |first=Ira |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofnorthea02ford |title=History of Northeast Indiana: LaGrange, Steuben, Noble and DeKalb Counties |date=January 1, 1920 |publisher=Lewis Publishing Co.}}{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb__WczAQAAMAAJ |title=History of DeKalb County IN: Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns ... and Biographies of Representative Citizens : Also a Condensed History of Indiana ... |date=January 1, 1885 |publisher=Inter-State Publishing Co.}}{{Cite book |last=Co. |first=B. F. Bowen & |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sgQUAQAAMAAJ |title=History of Dekalb County IN : with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of old families ... |date=January 1, 1914 |publisher=B.F. Bowen & Co.}}

Geography

DeKalb County lies on the east side of Indiana; its east border abuts the western border of Ohio. Its low, rolling terrain is entirely devoted to agriculture or urban development.[https://www.google.com/maps/place/DeKalb+County,+IN/@41.3973317,-85.0887663,11z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x883df61c69227d33:0x2e4bf9c362a12261!8m2!3d41.4138928!4d-85.023346 DeKalb County IN (Google Maps, accessed 27 July 2020)] Its highest point ({{convert|1,060|ft|m|abbr=off|disp=x|/|sp=us}} ASL) is a small rise in the NW portion of the county, {{convert|2|mi|km}} west of Fairfield Center.[https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=22960 DeKalb County High Point, Indiana (PeakBagger.com, accessed 27 July 2020)] The Saint Joseph River flows southwestward through the SE portion of the county, while the western part of the county is drained by Cedar Creek.

According to the 2010 census, the county has a total area of {{convert|363.85|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|362.82|sqmi}} (or 99.72%) is land and {{convert|1.03|sqmi}} (or 0.28%) is water.

=Adjacent counties=

LaGrange County - northwest
Steuben County - north
Williams County, Ohio - northeast
Defiance County, Ohio - southeast
Allen County - south
Noble County - west

=Cities and towns=

=Unincorporated communities=

=Townships=

=Major highways=

Climate and weather

{{climate chart

|Auburn, Indiana

|17|31|1.80

|20|36|1.42

|29|48|2.57

|39|61|3.36

|49|72|3.70

|58|81|4.17

|62|84|3.70

|60|82|2.84

|54|75|3.61

|43|63|2.65

|34|49|3.15

|23|37|2.50

|float=right

|units=imperial

|clear=both

|source=The Weather Channel{{Cite web |title=Monthly Averages for Auburn IN |url=http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USIN0022 |access-date=January 27, 2011 |publisher=The Weather Channel}}}}

In recent years, average temperatures in Auburn have ranged from a low of {{convert|17|°F}} in January to a high of {{convert|84|°F}} in July, although a record low of {{convert|-24|°F}} was recorded in January 1984 and a record high of {{convert|106|°F}} was recorded in June 1988. Average monthly precipitation ranged from {{convert|1.42|in}} in February to {{convert|4.17|in}} in June.

Government

The county government is a constitutional body, granted specific powers by the Constitution of Indiana and the Indiana Code.

County Council: The fiscal branch of the county government; controls spending and revenue collection in the county. Representatives are elected to four-year terms from county districts. They are responsible for setting salaries, the annual budget, and special spending. The council also has limited authority to impose local taxes, in the form of an income and property tax that is subject to state level approval, excise taxes, and service taxes.{{Cite web |last=Indiana Code |author-link=Indiana Code |title=Title 36, Article 2, Section 3 |url=http://www.in.gov/legislative/ic/code/title36/ar2/ch3.html |access-date=September 16, 2008 |publisher=IN.gov}}{{Cite web |last=Indiana Code |title=Title 2, Article 10, Section 2 |url=http://www.in.gov/legislative/ic/code/title3/ar10/ch2.pdf |access-date=September 16, 2008 |publisher=IN.gov}}

Board of Commissioners: A three-member board of commissioners combines executive and non-fiscal legislative powers. Commissioners are elected county-wide, in staggered four-year terms. One commissioner serves as president. The commissioners also function as the county drainage board, exercising control over the construction and maintenance of legal drains.

Courts: DeKalb County has a Circuit Court (75th Judicial Circuit) and two Superior Courts. By local rule, approved by the Indiana Supreme Court,Local Rule 17-AR-1-1, approved March 9, 2007, by the Indiana Supreme Court. the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court is currently limited to juvenile and domestic cases. Criminal, civil and domestic cases are heard in the two superior courts. Judges of each court are elected for six-year terms on partisan tickets.

County Officials: The county has other elected offices, including sheriff, coroner, auditor, treasurer, recorder, surveyor, and circuit court clerk. Each officer is elected to a four-year term of four years and oversees a different part of county government. Members elected to county government positions are required to declare a party affiliation and to be residents of the county.

DeKalb County is part of Indiana's 3rd congressional district and in 2008 was represented by Mark Souder in the United States Congress.{{Cite web |title=US Congressman Mark Souder |url=http://souder.house.gov/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081009142714/http://souder.house.gov/ |archive-date=October 9, 2008 |access-date=October 8, 2008 |publisher=US Congress}} It is in Indiana Senate districts 13 and 14,{{Cite web |title=Indiana Senate Districts |url=http://www.in.gov/sos/elections/3006.htm |access-date=January 23, 2011 |publisher=State of Indiana}} and Indiana House of Representatives districts 51, 52 and 85.{{Cite web |title=Indiana House Districts |url=http://www.in.gov/sos/elections/3005.htm |access-date=January 23, 2011 |publisher=State of Indiana}}

{{PresHead|place=DeKalb County, Indiana|source={{Cite web |last=Leip |first=David |title=Atlas of US Presidential Elections |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS |access-date=May 14, 2018 |website=uselectionatlas.org}}}}

Demographics

{{US Census population

|1840= 1968

|1850= 8251

|1860= 13880

|1870= 17167

|1880= 20225

|1890= 24307

|1900= 25711

|1910= 25054

|1920= 25600

|1930= 24911

|1940= 24756

|1950= 26023

|1960= 28271

|1970= 30837

|1980= 33606

|1990= 35324

|2000= 40285

|2010= 42223

|2020= 43265

|estyear=2023

|estimate=44198

|estref={{Cite web |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023 |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html |access-date=April 2, 2024 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}

|align-fn=center

|footnote=US Decennial Census{{Cite web |title=US Decennial Census |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |access-date=July 10, 2014 |publisher=US Census Bureau}}
1790-1960{{Cite web |title=Historical Census Browser |url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811110448/http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/ |archive-date=August 11, 2012 |access-date=July 10, 2014 |publisher=University of Virginia Library}} 1900-1990{{Cite web |title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990 |url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/in190090.txt |access-date=July 10, 2014 |publisher=US Census Bureau}}
1990-2000{{Cite web |title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000 |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |access-date=July 10, 2014 |publisher=US Census Bureau}} 2010-2014{{Cite web |title=DeKalb County QuickFacts |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/18/18033.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713082217/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/18/18033.html |archive-date=July 13, 2011 |access-date=September 17, 2011 |publisher=US Census Bureau}}

}}

As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 42,223 people, 15,951 households, and 11,328 families in the county.{{Cite web |title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0500000US18033 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213032446/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0500000US18033 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |access-date=July 10, 2015 |publisher=US Census Bureau}} The population density was {{convert|116.4|PD/sqmi}}. There were 17,558 housing units at an average density of {{convert|48.4|/sqmi}}.{{Cite web |title=Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18033 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212203406/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18033 |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |access-date=July 10, 2015 |publisher=US Census Bureau}} The racial makeup of the county was 96.9% white, 0.5% Asian, 0.4% black or African American, 0.2% American Indian, 0.8% from other races, and 1.2% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 2.4% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 36.3% were German, 10.9% were American, 10.8% were Irish, and 9.1% were English.{{Cite web |title=Selected Social Characteristics in the US – 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP02/0400000US18%7c0500000US18033 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200214002215/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP02/0400000US18%7C0500000US18033 |archive-date=February 14, 2020 |access-date=July 10, 2015 |publisher=US Census Bureau}}

Of the 15,951 households, 35.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.8% were married couples living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 29.0% were non-families, and 24.3% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.08. The median age was 38.1 years.

The median income for a household in the county was $47,697 and the median income for a family was $55,280. Males had a median income of $44,880 versus $30,663 for females. The per capita income for the county was $21,779. About 6.7% of families and 9.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.3% of those under age 18 and 6.2% of those age 65 or over.{{Cite web |title=Selected Economic Characteristics – 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0400000US18%7c0500000US18033 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200214003304/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0400000US18%7C0500000US18033 |archive-date=February 14, 2020 |access-date=July 10, 2015 |publisher=US Census Bureau}}

=2020 census=

class="wikitable"

|+DeKalb County Racial Composition{{Cite web |title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – DeKalb County, Indiana |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=DeKalb%20County,%20Indiana&t=Race%20and%20Ethnicity&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2}}

!Race

!Num.

!Perc.

White (NH)

|40,232

|93%

Black or African American (NH)

|183

|0.4%

Native American (NH)

|67

|0.15%

Asian (NH)

|225

|0.5%

Pacific Islander (NH)

|39

|0.1%

Other/Mixed (NH)

|1,334

|3.1%

Hispanic or Latino

|1,185

|2.7%

Education

=School districts=

[https://web.archive.org/web/20050730083625/http://www.dekalb.k12.in.us/ DeKalb County Central United School District]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070216035436/http://k12pages.r8esc.k12.in.us/dekalb/dcecsd/ DeKalb County Eastern Community School District]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070203102259/http://dekalbnet.org/Schools/GKB/gkbcal.htm Garrett-Keyser-Butler Community School District]
[http://www.hcs.k12.in.us/ Hamilton Community Schools]

=Private schools=

[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928150616/http://www.lakewoodpark.org/LPCS/ Lakewood Park Christian School]
St. Joseph's Catholic School (Garrett)
[https://www.trinitylutheran-auburn.org/tlc-preschool Trinity Lutheran Church Preschool]
Zion Lutheran Pre-School (Garrett)

References

External links

[http://www.co.dekalb.in.us DeKalb County Government]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20130812052611/http://maumeevalleyheritagecorridor.com/ Maumee Valley Heritage Corridor]
[http://www.dekalbcvb.org DeKalb County Visitors Bureau]
[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~indekal2/index.html DeKalb County American History and Genealogy Project]

{{Geographic Location

|Centre = DeKalb County, Indiana

|North = Steuben County

|Northeast = Williams County, Ohio

|Southeast = Defiance County, Ohio

|South = Allen County

|West = Noble County

|Northwest = LaGrange County

}}

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Category:1837 establishments in Indiana