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DeKalb County

county in Georgia, United States
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Summary

DeKalb County is a county of Georgia[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of county of georgia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,810 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: GovAI Coalition[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Georgia[4]
  • Country: United States[5]
  • Capital: Decatur[6]
  • Shares border with: Gwinnett County[7], Clayton County[8], Rockdale County[9], Henry County[10], Fulton County[11]
  • Named after: Johann de Kalb[12]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Decatur[13]
  • Headquarters location: Decatur[14]
  • Commons category: DeKalb County, Georgia[15]
  • Inception: December 9, 1822[16]
  • Highest point: Stone Mountain[17]
  • Coordinate location: 33.77, -84.23[18]
  • Official website: https://www.dekalbcountyga.gov/[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:DeKalb County, Georgia[20]
  • Population: 691,893[21], 692,603[22], 697,538[23], 707,401[24], 713,340[25], 734,871[26], 764,382[27]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in DeKalb County, Georgia[28]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in DeKalb County, Georgia[29]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in DeKalb County, Georgia[30]
  • Number of households: 283,799[31]
  • Native label: DeKalb County[32]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C108118[33]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from DeKalb County, Georgia[34]
  • Different from: DeKalb County[35]
  • Area: 702[36]
  • Water as percent of area: 1.3[37]

Why It Matters

DeKalb County has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

Related Entities

Collegium Vocale Georgia United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/DeKalb County, Geor
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/DeKalb County, Georgia.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presidentia"
  2. 20w ago · Mxn · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Umls cui → C3815515
    Member of → GovAI Coalition
    Taxonomicon id → 1805047
    Obo gazetteer id → 00009794
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Member of: GovAI Coalition, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258464|batch #258464]]"
  3. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → United States
    Number of households → {'amount': '+283799'}
    Country → —
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Decatur
    + 34 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Nci thesaurus id: C108118, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778695477825"
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