DeKalb

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DeKalb or De Kalb may refer to:

Contents 1 People 2 Locations 3 Ships 4 Other

[edit] People

• Baron Johann de Kalb, major general in the American Revolutionary War

[edit] Locations

• Municipalities in the United States:
  • DeKalb, Illinois (in DeKalb County, but not the county seat) or its DeKalb High School (Illinois)
  • De Kalb, Mississippi (in Kemper County)
  • De Kalb, Missouri (in Buchanan County)
  • De Kalb, New York (in St. Lawrence County)
  • De Kalb, Texas (in Bowie County)
• Counties in the United States:
  • DeKalb County, Alabama (county seat: Fort Payne)
  • DeKalb County, Georgia (county seat: Decatur)
  • DeKalb County, Illinois (county seat: Sycamore)
  • DeKalb County, Indiana (county seat: Auburn)
  • DeKalb County, Missouri (county seat: Maysville)
  • DeKalb County, Tennessee (county seat: Smithville)
• Inter-related locations in New York City:
  • DeKalb Avenue in Brooklyn
  • DeKalb Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line), a stop on the L train at Wyckoff Avenue
  • DeKalb Avenue (BMT Fourth Avenue Line), a stop on the Fourth Avenue and Brighton lines at Flatbush Avenue
  • DeKalb Avenue Line, now the B38 DeKalb/Lafayette Avenues bus route
• Townships in the United States:
  • DeKalb Township, DeKalb County, Illinois

[edit] Ships

• USS Baron DeKalb (1861), a Civil War ironclad river gunboat formerly known as the USS Saint Louis and used by the United States Army
• USS DeKalb (ID-3010), a decommissioned U.S. Navy ship formerly known as the Prinz Eitel Friedrich
• USS DeKalb County (LST-715), a twice-decommissioned U.S. Navy ship

[edit] Other

• DeKalb Clinic in Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois
• DeKalb High School, the name of several high schools in the United States
• DeKalb-Peachtree Airport (PDK) in Chamblee, DeKalb County, Georgia
• DeKalb School of the Arts, a magnet school in DeKalb County, Georgia near Atlanta