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DeKalb County is divided into 15 Civil Townships as follows: Butler, Concord,
Fairfield, Franklin, Grant, Jackson, Keyser, Newville, Richland, Smithfield,
Spencer, Stafford, Troy, Union and Wilmington.
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DeKalb County was organized February 2, 1837 becoming effective May 1,
1837.
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Auburn became the County Seat May 1, 1837. First settled in 1836 by W. Park,
by 1849 it contained fifty houses, all of wood, and 300 inhabitants; the
public buildings consisted of a Courthouse along with offices for the Clerk,
Recorder and Auditor.
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A disastrous fire occurred February 8, 1913, which destroyed part of the
county records, among which were all the records of the County Clerk.
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According to the Society of Indiana Pioneers, an individual was a pioneer
of our county if they resided here on or before December 31, 1840.
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Indiana automobile License Plates issued in DeKalb County start with the
prefix 17 because it is the seventeenth county in alphabetical listing.
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