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DeWitt is a small city in Clinton County, just north of Lansing, on the Looking Glass River, a tributary of the Grand River.

DeWitt was first settled on October 4, 1833 by Captain David Scott, who moved there from Ann Arbor and platted the settlement.

The city is named for DeWitt Clinton, the governor of New York who championed the Erie Canal.

DeWitt Township was formally created on March 23, 1836, and at its creation it encompassed the entire county before being divided down to its present boundaries within four years.

DeWitt was the original seat of Clinton County from the county's inception until December 1857, when the county seat was moved to St. Johns.

An interurban railway reached DeWitt in 1901, linking it to Lansing and St. Johns and opening a new era of growth.

DeWitt was incorporated as a village in 1929 and became a city in 1965.

On October 21, 1930, a great fire swept through DeWitt's downtown, destroying eight buildings including the regionally famous Clinton House hotel.

DeWitt's population was 4,776 at the 2020 census, up from 4,507 in 2010, as it has grown into a bedroom community for Lansing.

The DeWitt area was ranked the 75th best place to live in the United States by CNN Money in 2005.