Map of De Kalb city, Texas

De Kalb (/dɪ ˈkæb/ di KAB) is a city in Bowie County, Texas, United States; it is part of the Texarkana metropolitan statistical area. Its two area codes are 430 and 903. Its ZIP code is 75559. It is in the Central Time Zone, and its population was 1,527 at the 2020 United States census.

De Kalb city overview:
Name:	De Kalb city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Texas
County:	Bowie County
Elevation:	410 ft (125 m)
Total Area:	1.37 sq mi (3.55 km²)
Land Area:	1.37 sq mi (3.55 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	1,527
Population Density:	1,163.62/sq mi (449.28/km²)
ZIP code:	75559
Area code:	903
FIPS code:	4819648
GNISfeature ID:	1381748
Website:	dekalbtx.org

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History

On December 31, 1985, at approximately 5:14 pm, a Douglas DC-3 private aircraft, N711Y, owned by Ricky Nelson, with a pilot, co-pilot, and seven passengers, including Nelson, his fiancée, and five members of his band, crashed in a wooded area near De Kalb. The plane was on a flight from Guntersville, Alabama, to Dallas, Texas, where Nelson was scheduled to appear at a New Year’s Eve performance. All seven passengers were killed in the accident when the plane caught fire. The pilot and co-pilot were able to escape and survived.

On May 4,1999 Dekalb took a direct hit to the downtown area from an EF-3 tornado. https://data.elpasotimes.com/tornado-archive/texas/5696338/

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Geography

De Kalb is located at 33°30′29″N 94°36′59″W / 33.50806°N 94.61639°W / 33.50806; -94.61639 (33.508016, –94.616264). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.4 km), all of it land.

The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers (average of 30 or more days of 100 degrees F or more) and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, De Kalb has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated “Cfa” on climate maps.