X-Nico

8 unusual facts about DeKalb County


Alpine, Alabama

Alpine, DeKalb County, Alabama, an unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Alabama

Decatur Cooperative Ministry

The program uses single-family houses and apartments throughout DeKalb County.

DeKalb County, Illinois

Native Soil: A History of the DeKalb County Farm Bureau (DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 2005), 288 pp.

DeKalb County, Missouri

She is seeking re-election in 2012 against Congressman Todd Akin.

McCaskill was elected in 2006 by a narrow margin statewide, but DeKalb County supported her opponent, incumbent Jim Talent.

J.R. Baxter

Baxter grew up in DeKalb County, Alabama, and was a schoolteacher; he married Clarice Howard in 1918.

Manuel Maloof

Manuel Joseph Maloof (1924–2004) was the Chief Executive Officer and Commission Chairman of DeKalb County, Georgia, prominent Atlanta politician and owner of Manuel's Tavern, a popular Atlanta bar.

Reuben Ellwood

He attended public schools in New York before moving to DeKalb County, Illinois with his family when he was fifteen.


Allison Nelson

His father, John B. Nelson, who ran Nelson's Ferry across the Chattahoochee River, was an early DeKalb County settler who was murdered in 1825, when Allison was three years old, by John W. Davis.

Black capitalism

Some include the historical Highland Beach, Maryland and more recently Mount Airy in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Prince George County, Maryland and DeKalb County, Georgia.

Chattahoochee River 911 Authority

Dunwoody joined in 2011, making it the second multi-county 911 system to span the county line from Fulton into DeKalb (the other being the city of Atlanta, which is also in both counties).

Commercial buildings in Sycamore Historic District

Downtown,the George's Block, once known as the James Block, is another 19th Century structure located in Sycamore, Illinois along Illinois Route 64 (State Street) as it passes through the DeKalb County seat.

George's Block

The George's Block, once known as the James Block, is a 19th Century structure located in Sycamore, Illinois along Illinois Route 64 (State Street) as it passes through the DeKalb County seat.

Meredith Emerson

Two days later on January 4, 2008, a witness at a Chevron gas station called DeKalb police and stated that "The guy you are looking for is cleaning out his van."

National Voter Registration Act of 1993

In 2004, the Nu Mu Lambda chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, held a voter registration drive in DeKalb County, Georgia, from which Georgia Secretary of State Cathy Cox (Dem.) rejected all 63 voter registration applications on the basis that the fraternity did not follow correct procedures, including obtaining specific pre-clearance from the state to conduct their drive.


see also

Clarence Harrison

On August 31, 2004, DeKalb Superior Court Judge Cynthia J. Becker granted the DeKalb County District Attorney's motion for a new trial and request that Harrison be released immediately.

Emory College

Emory College, an academic division of Emory University, located in DeKalb County, Georgia, USA, in the Atlanta area

Fyffe

Fyffe, Alabama, a town in DeKalb County, Alabama, in the United States

Gloria S. Butler

She is a member of the National Council of Negro Women, DeKalb Women’s Political Caucus, National Women’s Political Caucus (governing member), and the DeKalb County NAACP (lifetime member).

Hardy Ivy

In 1833 Mr. Ivy, from the Abbeville district of South Carolina, purchased Land Lot 51 of the 14th district of what was then Dekalb County from Mr. James Paden for the sum of $225.

Stevenson High School

Stephenson High School, a public school in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States

United States Senate election in Georgia, 2008

Vernon Jones, Businessman, Dekalb County chief executive officer, former member of Georgia General Assembly