DeKalb County administrative offices are located at 300 Grand Avenue South, Fort Payne, AL 35967. Phone: 25-845-8525.
Vance C. Larmore House, circa 845, located at 810 County Road 606, Hammondville, AL. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. Photographed by Chris Pruitt (own work), 2017, [cc-4.0], via Wikimedia Commons, accessed June, 2022.
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DeKalb County was created in 1836. It was named for a Bavarian-born Revolutionary War hero, Johann von Robais, Baron de Kalb. Before European American settlement, the area was home primarily to Cherokee Nation natives.
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