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DeWitt is a city in Clinton County, Iowa, and at 5,514 residents in 2020 it is the county's second-largest city after Clinton.

DeWitt was platted in 1836 and started out under the name Vandenburg before being renamed for DeWitt Clinton, the U.S. Senator and sixth Governor of New York - Clinton County itself is also named for him.

DeWitt served as the seat of Clinton County from 1841 until 1869, when the county seat moved to the city of Clinton.

DeWitt's population was 5,514 in the 2020 census, a 9.2% increase over 2000 that made it the fastest-growing city in Clinton County.

The 2020 census counted 2,266 households and 1,432 families in DeWitt, with a median age of 39.6 years.

The railroad arrived in DeWitt in 1856 and sparked the town's growth; today Union Pacific serves the city on tracks originally built by the Chicago & North Western.

Ralph Waldo Emerson gave a lyceum lecture in DeWitt in January 1866.

DeWitt sits at the junction of U.S. Highways 30 and 61, though both highways were rerouted around the south and west sides of the city by 1980.

DeWitt is home to the Central DeWitt Community School District, which also serves Grand Mound, Low Moor, and Welton and was known as the Central Clinton Community School District until 2014.

DeWitt's Frances Banta Waggoner Community Library and its newspaper, The DeWitt Observer, serve the city and rural eastern Clinton County.