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Dekalb county was formed on 4 March 1837, out of Kane County. The county named for Johann Dekalb, a german hero of the American Revolutionary War. There are 19 townships in the county with the county seat at Sycamore. The county is noted for agriculture. In 1852, the Dekalb Agriculture Society produced the country’s first Agricultural Fair, in Sycamore. Eventually farmers, businessman, bankers and newspaperman organized to become the Dekalb County Soil Improvement Association, which later split into Dekalb County Farm Bureau and Dekalb Agricultural Association.