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  1. View local, state and federal political boundaries in the County. Find your polling location and view your elected officials. Please click here to explore the map. DeKalb County operates under the township form of County Government. The governing body is the County Board.

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  2. There are 19 townships in the county; the county seat is Sycamore. Between 1834 and 1837, after the Potawatomi people had been pushed out, European Americans formed settlements in DeKalb County along streams and wooded areas due to fertile soil, wild game, and food and water opportunities.

  3. 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.

  4. DeKalb County Government 200 North Main Street Sycamore, Illinois 60178.

    • Ellwood House Museum. A leafy residential area not far north of downtown DeKalb is where you’ll find the grand Victorian mansion that Isaac L. Ellwood (1833-1910) commissioned in the late 1870s.
    • Downtown DeKalb. You can tell that DeKalb has put a lot of love into its historic central business district, which today is ideal for a stroll, some shopping, live entertainment and dining.
    • Egyptian Theatre. One of just a handful of surviving Egyptian Revival theaters in the United States, the Egyptian Theatre in downtown DeKalb remains a popular venue, hosting upwards of 125 events each year.
    • Glidden Homestead. A highly influential figure in the history of the American West, Joseph Glidden (1813-1906) was the farmer who invented modern barbed wire in 1873.
  5. Find visitor information for DeKalb County and Northern Illinois University and enjoy family fun, shopping, dining, hiking and parks 1 hour west of Chicago.

  6. DeKalb County operates under the township form of county government. The governing body is the County Board.