DeKalb County, Alabama

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United States Alabama DeKalb County

County Courthouse

History

The county is named after Revolutionary War hero Johann de Kalb (1721-1780), a German baron.^[1]

Parent County

1836--De Kalb County was created 9 January 1836 from the Cherokee Cession of 1835.  County seat: Fort Payne ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

The Cherokee County court house burned. Some of its records were given to De Kalb County. The records can be found in a old building in Fort Payne, the county seat.

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Chattooga County, Georgia
• Dade County, Georgia
• Etowah
• Gadsden County, Florida
• Jackson
• Marshall
• Walker County, Georgia

Resources

Cemeteries

• Anthony Collins Cemetery
• Antioch Cemetery
• Bankhead Cemetery
• Bean Cemetery
• Belchers Chapel Cemetery
• Beulahs Chapel Cemetery
• Biddle Cemetery
• Boyd Cemetery
• Cagle Cemetery
• Clark Cemetery
• Collins Cemetery
• Collinsville Cemetery
• Copeland Bridge Cemetery
• Cordell Cemetery
• Corinth Cemetery
• Countess Cemetery
• Dalrymple Cemetery
• Davenport Cemetery
• DeKalb Memorial Gardens
• Downer Cemetery
• Ellison Cemetery
• Fisher Cemetery
• Forester Cemetery
• Franklin Cemetery
• Freeman Cemetery
• Fuller Cemetery
• Gilbreath Cemetery
• Glenwood Cemetery
• Green Cemetery
• Green Chapel Cemetery
• Greens Chapel Cemetery
• Hall Cemetery
• Hammack Cemetery
• Harbour Cemetery
• Hartline Cemetery
• Head Springs Cemetery
• Holly Spring Cemetery
• Howards Chapel Cemetery
• Husky Cemetery
• Husky Chapel Cemetery
• Jones Cemetery
• Kerley Cemetery
• Killian Cemetery
• King Cemetery
• Lankford Cemetery
• Liberty Cemetery
• Lipscomb Cemetery
• Longshore Cemetery
• Lowrey Cemetery
• Mahan Cemetery
• Marvin Cemetery
• Mathis Cemetery
• Moore Cemetery
• Mount Herman Cemetery
• Mount Pleasant Cemetery
• Mount Vernon Cemetery
• Mount Zion Cemetery
• Mountain Home Cemetery
• Mountain View Memorial Cemetery
• Mt. Hermon Cemetery
• New Bethel Cemetery
• New Canaan Cemetery
• Nicholson Cemetery
• Norris Cemetery
• Pannell Cemetery
• Payne Cemetery
• Pea Ridge Cemetery
• Pine Grove Cemetery
• Piney Grove Cemetery
• Pleasant Hill Cemetery
• Plunket Cemetery
• Plunkett Cemetery
• Price Cemetery
• Red Hill Cemetery
• Scott Cemetery
• Smith Cemetery
• Smith Chapel Cemetery
• Steele Cemetery
• Stewart Cemetery
• Sulphur Springs Cemetery
• Town Creek Cemetery
• Union Grove Cemetery
• Unity Cemetery
• Valley Head Cemetery
• Warren Cemetery
• Warren Stewart Cemetery
• Weldon Cemetery
• Wesson Cemetery
• Whitehall Cemetery

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

A free collection of obituaries and death notices from various funeral homes in the DeKalb County area has been put together by GenealogyBuffs.com.

• DeKalb County, Alabama Obituary and Death Notices Collection

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog
• DeKalb County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ "Johann de Kalb," Wikipedia.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).