DeKalb County, Tennessee

Date: 1837 [unknown]
Location: Tennessee, United States
Surnames/tags: Tennessee Appalachia us_history

Welcome to the DeKalb County, Tennessee Project!

Contents 1 How to Join the Tennessee Project 2 List of Things to Do 3 DeKalb County History 3.1 Historic Sites/Landmarks 4 Geography 4.1 Adjacent counties 5 Government Offices 6 Resources and Records 6.1 Books and Hard Copy Records 6.2 On WikiTree 6.3 On the Internet 7 Communities 7.1 Cities 7.2 Towns 7.3 Unincorporated Communities 8 Census 9 See also 10 Notes 11 Sources

How to Join the Tennessee Project

1. See the main project page here for instructions on how to join.

List of Things to Do

1. Add the county category to applicable profiles
2. Ensure DeKalb County profiles are well-sourced
3. Work on connecting DeKalb County profiles to the one tree
4. Add genealogy resources to this page
5. Document Cemeteries in DeKalb County
6. Build out Enumeration Districts listings for DeKalb County

DeKalb County History

DeKalb County was established in 1837, from parts of Cannon, Smith, Warren, and White counties. It was named after Johann DeKalb, a French officer who served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.

Historic Sites/Landmarks

1. Alexandria Cemeteries Historic District
2. DeKalb County Fairgrounds
3. Evan's Block
4. Liberty Historic District
5. Susie Foster Log House

Geography

DeKalb County is part of Middle Tennessee, one of Tennesee's Three Grand Divisions. These divisions are not only geographic, but also cultural and defined in state law. DeKalb County is also part of the South Central Region of Appalachia.

Adjacent counties

• Putnam - northeast
• White - east
• Warren - south
• Cannon - southwest
• Wilson - west
• Smith - northwest

Government Offices

• DeKalb County website

Resources and Records

Books and Hard Copy Records

• Books, Records, and digital sources for DeKalb County
• Justin Potter Library, Smithville, DeKalb County
• Tennessee State Library and Archives

On WikiTree

• Alexandria, Tennessee One Place Study
• Dismal, Tennessee One Place Study
• Dowelltown, Tennessee One Place Study
• Liberty, Tennessee One Place Study

On the Internet

• DeKalb County Genealogy on FamilySearch
• DeKalb County, Genealogy Trails
• DeKalb County, US Genweb
• DeKalb County, US GenWeb Archives

Communities

Cities

• Smithville - county seat

Towns

• Alexandria
• Dowelltown
• Liberty

Unincorporated Communities

• Adamson Branch
• Allen's Chapel
• Antioch
• Belk
• Blue Springs
• Bright Hill
• Center Hill Dam
• Cherry HIll
• Chestnut Mound(possibility - look into)
• Clear Fork
• Cottage Home
• Cove Hollow
• Crossroads
• Dale Ridge
• Dismal Creek
• Dry Creek
• Falling water
• Forks of the Pike
• Hales Branch
• Hannah's Branch
• Helton
• Holmes Creek
• Indian Creek
• Jacob's Pillar
• Johnsons Chapel
• Joy(Look into)
• Keltonburg
• Laurel Hill
• Long Branch
• Lower Helton
• Mahathy Hill
• Midway
• Mine Lick
• New Bildad
• New Salem(look to see if it was called this or something else)
• New Zion(look to see if it was called this or something else)
• Pea Ridge
• Peeled chestnut
• Possum Hollow
• Reynolds College
• Second Creek
• Seven Springs
• Shiney Rock/Shining Rock
• Short Mountain
• Silver Point
• Sligo
• Smith Fork
• Snow Hill
• Student's Home
• Temperance Hall
• Upper Helton
• Walkers Chapel
• Walker's Creek
• Webb's Chapel
• Wolf Creek
• Young Bend

Census

Year	Population	Growth
Category: 1840 US Census, DeKalb County, Tennessee	5,868
Category: 1850 US Census, DeKalb County, Tennessee	8,016	36.6%
Category: 1860 US Census, DeKalb County, Tennessee	10,573	31.9
Category: 1870 US Census, DeKalb County, Tennessee	11,425	8.1%
Category: 1880 US Census, DeKalb County, Tennessee	14,813	29.7%
1890 Census	15,650	5.7%
Category: 1900 US Census, DeKalb County, Tennessee	16,460	5.2%
Category: 1910 US Census, DeKalb County, Tennessee	15,434	-6.2%
Category: 1920 US Census, DeKalb County, Tennessee	15,370	-0.4%
Category: 1930 US Census, DeKalb County, Tennessee	14,213	-7.5%
Category: 1940 US Census, DeKalb County, Tennessee	14,588	2.6%
Category: 1950 US Census, DeKalb County, Tennessee	11,680	-19.9%
1960 Census	10,774	-7.8%
1970 Census	11,151	3.5%
1980 Census	13,589	21.9%
1990 Census	14,360	5.7%
2000 Census	17,423	21.3%
2010 Census	18,723	7.5%
2020 Census	20,080	7.2%

See also

• Wikipedia:DeKalb County, Tennessee

Notes

• Formatting for Stickers, Templates, Categories

Sources