Do you know of De Kalb ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about De Kalb. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with De Kalb.

Our sources for De Kalb (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of De Kalb other than they indicate that De Kalb would be found somewhere in DeKalb County, Indiana.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named De Kalb ...

We found seven communities that share the name De Kalb.

Within Indiana, the name De Kalb is unique.

Beyond Indiana, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Illinois
    • DeKalb County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of De Kalb [DeKalb County].
  • Mississippi
    • Kemper County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of De Kalb [Kemper County].
  • Missouri
    • Buchanan County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of De Kalb [Buchanan County].
  • New York
    • Saint Lawrence County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of De Kalb [Saint Lawrence County].
  • Ohio
    • Richland County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of De Kalb [Richland County].
  • Texas
    • Bowie County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of De Kalb [Bowie County].
  • West Virginia
    • Gilmer County
    • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of De Kalb [Gilmer County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for De Kalb ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about De Kalb:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for De Kalb - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station

More Orphans in  DeKalb County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in DeKalb County.