DeKalb County (English pronunciation: /dʌˈkɒb/) is located in the U.S. state of Georgia. In 2000, the population of the county was 686,712. In 2008, its population was estimated to have risen to 739,956. Its county seat is the city of Decatur. It is bordered to the west by Fulton County and contains roughly 10% of Atlanta (The other 90% lies in Fulton County).
DeKalb County is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia, metropolitan ...
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DeKalb County (English pronunciation: /dʌˈkɒb/) is located in the U.S. state of Georgia. In 2000, the population of the county was 686,712. In 2008, its population was estimated to have risen to 739,956. Its county seat is the city of Decatur. It is bordered to the west by Fulton County and contains roughly 10% of Atlanta (The other 90% lies in Fulton County).
DeKalb County is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia, metropolitan statistical area. It is the third-most-populated county in the Atlanta area and the state, just behind Gwinnett County. DeKalb is primarily a suburban county, and is the second-most-affluent county with an African-American majority in the United States, behind Prince George's County, Maryland.
DeKalb County was created in 1822 from Henry, Gwinnett and Fayette Counties. It was named for Baron Johann de Kalb, a German soldier who fought on the side of the Americans in the American Revolutionary War.
In 1853, Fulton County was formed from the...
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