DeWitt, Georgia | |
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| Coordinates: 31°25′12″N84°08′24″W / 31.41989°N 84.13989°W Coordinates: 31°25′12″N84°08′24″W / 31.41989°N 84.13989°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Georgia |
| County | Mitchell |
| Elevation | 171 ft (52 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 31716 |
| Area code | 229 |
DeWitt is an unincorporated community located in Mitchell County, Georgia, United States. [1]
A post office called Dewitt was established in 1887, and remained in operation until 1926. [2] The community was named after Dewitt C. Bacon, a first settler. [3]
De Witt is Dutch for "The White". De Witt, DeWitt or Dewitt may refer to:
DeWitt County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 19,824. The county seat is Cuero. The county was founded in 1846 and is named for Green DeWitt, who founded an early colony in Texas.
Bryce Seligman DeWitt, was an American theoretical physicist noted for his work in gravitation and quantum field theory.
William Roy DeWitt Wallace;, publishing as DeWitt Wallace, was an American magazine publisher.
Jamesville is a hamlet made up of the outskirts of five towns: DeWitt, LaFayette, Manlius, Pompey and Onondaga. Jamesville is located in Onondaga County, New York, United States, part of the greater Syracuse area.
Lewis “Lew” Calvin DeWitt Jr. was an American country music singer, guitarist, and composer. He was a founding member of The Statler Brothers and the group's original tenor.
John DeWitt Clinton Atkins was an American slave owner, politician and a member of both the United States House of Representatives and Confederate Congress from Tennessee.
Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District is a public school district that serves Jamesville, New York and the town of DeWitt, New York. The school district consists of 2786 students in 5 schools. The current superintendent is Dr. Peter Smith. The Jamesville- DeWitt Central School District offices are located in DeWitt, New York.
The DeWitt Colony was a settlement in Mexico founded by Green DeWitt. From lands belonging to that colony, the present Texas counties of DeWitt, Guadalupe and Lavaca were created. The hub of the colony was primarily located, however, in what is now Gonzales County. The first battle of the Texas Revolution occurred in the DeWitt Colony.
Green DeWitt was an empresario in Mexican Texas. He brought families from the United States to what is now South-central Texas and founded the DeWitt Colony.
General DeWitt Spain Airport is a civil, public airport located five miles (8 km) northwest of the central business district of Memphis, a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. It is owned and operated by the Memphis - Shelby County Airport Authority.
De Witt Park Historic District is a national historic district located at Ithaca in Tompkins County, New York. The district consists of 45 contributing buildings, one contributing site, and three contributing objects. It includes the area developed by the town's founder, Simon De Witt, in the early 19th century. The district includes the separately listed Boardman House and Second Tompkins County Courthouse.
Jamesville-DeWitt High School (JDHS) is a New York state public education facility located in the town of DeWitt, serving high school students in the Jamesville-Dewitt Central School District.
DeWitt High School is a comprehensive public high school located in De Witt, Arkansas, United States. The school provides secondary education for students in grades 9 through 12. DeWitt is one of two public high schools in Arkansas County, Arkansas and the sole high school administered by the DeWitt School District.
DeWitt or Dewitt is a concatenated primarily American form of the Dutch surname De Witt or De Wit, both meaning "the white (one)", "the blond (one)". It also became a popular given name following the New York Governorship of DeWitt Clinton, whose mother Mary DeWitt was a descendant of the Dutch patrician De Witt family. People with the name include:
Jerry DeWitt is an American author and public speaker. He is a former pastor of two evangelical churches and publicly deconverted to atheism in 2011.
Charles DeWitt Watts was an African-American surgeon and activist for the poor. Watts was the first surgeon of African-American ancestry in North Carolina. Earning his medical degree in 1943 from Howard University College, he was the first African-American board-certified surgeon to serve in North Carolina. After surgical training at Freedman's Hospital in Washington, D.C., in 1949, he moved to Durham, North Carolina, in 1950 and established a clinic to provide access to medical services for the poor. Breaking the social customs of racial obstacles, he advocated for certification of African-American medical students. He also became a member of many professional colleges including the National Academy of Science's Institute of Medicine and the American College of Surgeons. He served as chief of surgery at Durham's Lincoln Hospital and was later one of the key figures in converting it to the Lincoln Community Health Center, a low-priced clinic for the poor.
Eric Schultz is an American political advisor who served as Deputy White House Press Secretary in the Obama Administration from 2014 to 2017. Recognized by Politico as the strategist "White House officials turn to in a crisis to handle communications", Schultz was originally hired at the White House in 2011 to respond to congressional oversight investigations.
The Treaty of Dewitts Corner ended the initial Overhill Cherokee targeted attacks on colonial settlements that took place at the beginning of the American Revolution. A peace document signed by the Cherokee and South Carolina, the treaty instead laid the foundation for the decades long Cherokee–American wars fought between the European-Americans and the Chickamauga Cherokee people.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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