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DeWitt

DeWitt is a surname of Dutch origin and is also used as a given name. In addition to its use in personal names, the term appears in several geographic contexts in the United States. Notable individuals associated with the name include DeWitt Wallace, an American publisher and cofounder of Reader’s Digest, and DeWitt Clinton (1769–1828), an American statesman and early advocate of the Erie Canal, whose given name appears in the name of the family line.

Geography and place names: There are several places named DeWitt in the United States. These include DeWitt,

Usage and context: The name DeWitt is most commonly encountered as a surname, though it appears as

New
York,
a
town
in
Onondaga
County;
DeWitt,
Michigan,
a
village
in
Clinton
County;
and
DeWitt,
Iowa,
a
city
in
Clinton
County.
In
addition,
DeWitt
County
is
the
name
of
counties
in
Texas
and
Illinois.
The
use
of
DeWitt
for
towns
and
counties
reflects
the
historical
practice
of
adopting
Dutch-origin
surnames
and
family
names
for
new
settlements
and
administrative
regions.
a
given
name
in
historical
contexts.
It
is
associated
with
several
places
and
administrative
regions,
especially
in
the
central
and
eastern
United
States,
reflecting
its
Dutch
heritage
and
the
naming
conventions
of
early
American
settlement.