DeWitt

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DeWitt

Total population

5,546

Median home value

$237,100

34.6%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$92,587

DeWitt$93k

National$74k

Elevation216 m

Land area15.49 km²

Weather67°F · Mostly Cloudy

Coordinates41.82°, -90.54°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

DeWitt is a city in Clinton County, Iowa, United States. The population was 5,514 at the time of the 2020 census, which represented a 9.2% increase over that of 2000, making it the fastest growing city in Clinton County.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for DeWitt, IA from NOAA NWS API.

Notable people from here

Danny Moeller

American baseball player

Liz Mathis

American politician

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Wallace Townsend

Arkansas lawyer and Republican politician

Charles Eugene Banks

American writer, historian and newspaper editor

Sheldon L. Rittmer

American politician (1928-2015)

Casey Kreiter

American football player

A

Anne Belle Stone

American painter

G

Grover Fuller

American jockey (1885-1928)

M

Matthew Zimmer

cyclist

R

Rozella M. Schlotfeldt

American nurse, educator and researcher

J

John Voorhees

American arts journalist (1925-2014)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Iowa

• Low Moor
  9.8 mi away · pop. 253
• Calamus
  11.1 mi away · pop. 417
• Eldridge
  12.8 mi away · pop. 6,818
• Dixon
  13.5 mi away · pop. 190
• Camanche
  14 mi away
• Argo
  14.7 mi away · pop. 28
• Maysville
  15 mi away · pop. 220
• Wheatland
  15.1 mi away
• Toronto
  17.3 mi away
• Lost Nation
  17.3 mi away · pop. 390
• Maquoketa
  17.5 mi away
• Le Claire
  17.9 mi away · pop. 4,735

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about DeWitt

Soil survey of Decatur County, Iowa

Thomas A. DeWitt · 1990

Civil war letters written to Nancy Jane DeWitt

Raymond V. Banner · 2000

Renewing the countryside--Iowa

Mark Ritchie · 2002

States at the center of environmental politics

John, DeWitt · 1992

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Amur honeysuckle

Lonicera maackii

Seen 2026-09-14

autumn olive

Elaeagnus umbellata

Seen 2026-09-14

tall bellflower

Campanulastrum americanum

Seen 2026-09-14

bronze fern

Sceptridium dissectum obliquum

Seen 2026-09-14

American jumpseed

Persicaria virginiana

Seen 2026-09-14

American hog-peanut

Amphicarpaea bracteata

Seen 2026-09-14

virginia stickseed

Hackelia virginiana

Seen 2026-09-14

fragrant bedstraw

Galium triflorum

Seen 2026-09-14

wild bergamot

Monarda fistulosa

Seen 2026-09-14

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).