De Kalb, West Virginia

De Kalb is an unincorporated community in Gilmer County, in the U.S. state of West Virginia.[1]

History

A post office called De Kalb was established in De Kalb, the name was changed to Dekalb in 1894, and the post office was discontinued in 1941.[2] The community was named after Johann de Kalb by a local admirer.[3]

gollark: Nope. Reduces it a lot.
gollark: Well, they don't have a great success rate.
gollark: Yeeeees? I mean, they've been extensively tested.
gollark: Just seal them in giant airtight hamster balls when they're outside. With air scrubbers obviously.
gollark: They've been given to a few tens of million of people each and not really had issues (the blood clot thing was stupid; rates were LOWER than in the general population).

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: De Kalb, West Virginia
  2. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  3. Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 205.



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