De - Witt is the name of a town/city and a township in Clinton County in the U.S.
The populace of the town/city was 4,507 at the 2010 census.
De - Witt was titled after De - Witt Clinton, Governor of New York amid the 1820s.
The State Legislature formally created De - Witt Township on March 23, 1836.
It did not take long for the State to divide De - Witt Township into the many townships that we recognize today.
In 1837, the township was split in half by a North/South line with the half becoming Watertown Township.
Two years later, the township was again split in half by an East/West line with the northern half becoming Bingham Township.
One day later, the Governor allowed an act, which split the remaining township region in half by an east/west line with the easterly half becoming Ossowa Township (renamed Bath Township in 1857).
The final split of the township came in 1841 with the northern half of the remaining territory becoming Olive Township.
In four years, De - Witt Township went from encompassing the entire county to its current boundary.
The governmental center of county for Clinton County was also positioned in De - Witt Township from the inception of the County.
The governmental center of county remained in De - Witt Township until December 1857 when it was moved to high Hall, in the village of St.
The Village of Dewitt was incorporated into a town/city in 1965.
The De - Witt region was ranked as the 75th best place to live in the United States by CNN Money in 2005. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 2.99 square miles (7.74 km2), of which 2.86 square miles (7.41 km2) is territory and 0.13 square miles (0.34 km2) is water. Fuerstenau Early Childhood Center (Pre-K and K) Schavey Road Elementary School (1st and 2nd Grade) Scott Elementary School (3rd and 4th Grade) Herbison Woods School (5th and 6th Grade) De - Witt Junior High School (7th and 8th Grade) De - Witt High School (9th-12th Grade) The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 94.9% White, 1.4% African American, 0.4% Native American, 0.9% Asian, 0.5% from other competitions, and 1.9% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,732 homeholds of which 37.9% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 60.6% were married couples living together, 11.4% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 3.9% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 24.1% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 39.8 years.
26.6% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.2% were from 25 to 44; 32.4% were from 45 to 64; and 9.8% were 65 years of age or older.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 95.85% White, 1.02% African American, 0.23% Native American, 0.64% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.40% from other competitions, and 1.83% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,624 homeholds out of which 50.5% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 65.9% were married couples living together, 11.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 19.5% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 33.8% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 5.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $69,174, and the median income for a family was $78,935.
About 3.6% of families and 4.3% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 4.8% of those under age 18 and 8.6% of those age 65 or over.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, De - Witt has a humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps. De - Witt History Timeline, Best places to live: De - Witt, MI, CNN.
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