DeKalb County is located in the state of Georgia. In 2008, its population was estimated to have risen to 739,956. Its county seat is the City of Decatur.

DeKalb County is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia, metropolitan statistical area. It is the third-most-populated county in the Atlanta area and the state, just behind Gwinnett County.

DeKalb County was created in 1822 from Henry, Gwinnett and Fayette Counties. It was named for Baron Johann de Kalb, a German soldier who fought on the side of the Americans in the American Revolutionary War.

In 1853, Fulton County was formed from the western half of DeKalb, divided along a perfectly straight and due north/south line down the middle (along which Moreland Avenue now runs). Until this time, the growing city of Atlanta had been inside DeKalb. Atlanta grew because the city of Decatur did not want to become the railroad terminus in the 1830s.

The portion of DeKalb County, not within the city of Atlanta, nor the city of Decatur, is served by DeKalb County School System. The Atlanta portion is served by Atlanta Public Schools. The Decatur portion is served by City Schools of Decatur.

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