De Kalb in Kemper County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

DeKalb

Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, September 17, 2025

1. DeKalb Marker

Inscription. DeKalb is located where there was once a Choctaw village led by Hopiah "Little Leader" Iskitima, who fought with Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812 but opposed Indian removal. The town is named for Baron Johann de Kalb, who came to the U.S. with the Marquis de Lafayette in 1777 to fight in the American Revolution. He died in battle in South Carolina in 1780. The town of DeKalb was chartered on December 23, 1833, and is the county seat of Kemper County. It was the home of United States Senator John C. Stennis.

Erected 2024 by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical year for this entry is 1833.

Location. 32° 46.03′ N, 88° 39.073′ W. Marker is in De Kalb, Mississippi, in Kemper County. It is at the intersection of Main Avenue (State Highway 39) and Bell Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 123 Main Avenue, De Kalb MS 39328, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in East Mississippi. It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 13 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Rueben Kemper (a few steps from this marker); John C. Stennis (within shouting distance of this marker);

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a different marker also named DeKalb (approx. 0.6 miles away); Chapel Hill Church and Spring (approx. 9.4 miles away); William "Bill" Buckner Memorial Drive (approx. 10.4 miles away); Electric Mills (approx. 10.9 miles away); Summerville Institute (approx. 12.7 miles away); Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek (approx. 12.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in De Kalb.

Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, September 17, 2025

2. DeKalb Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on September 20, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 18, 2025, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. This page has been viewed 110 times since then and 52 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 18, 2025, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.