| Sycamore is a
city in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. The
population was 12,020 at the 2000 census, and as of
the 2005 estimate it was 14,866. It is the county seat
of DeKalb County.
The first settlers to the Sycamore-area
arrived in 1835 and concentrated themselves mostly north
of the Kishwaukee River and the present site of Sycamore.
The original town was platted by a New Yorker named
Christian Sharer. A mill was constructed and the Kishwaukee
dammed but the town failed. By 1837, after some controversy,
the location of county seat was settled in favor of
Orange, Sycamore's original name, and the settlement
moved to the present-day site of the city. The present-day
town site was platted by James Waterman and Evans Wharry
in 1837. The first settler at the new site was Carlos
Lattin, who preceded the town, having arrived in 1835.
Lattin staked a claim that included most of the present
west side of the city and erected his first cabin just
north of downtown.
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