DeWitty

Ghost town · Cherry County, Nebraska

Brownlee quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1951, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

DeWitty is a ghost town in Cherry County, Nebraska. It is the only former community in Cherry County recorded on the federal names register, out of 89 across Nebraska.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists DeWitty as a historical populated place: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 42.2846° N, 100.5363° W.

Key facts

Elevation	2,821 ft
Nearest living town	Brownlee, NE
Distance to it	4.5 miles
Coordinates	42.28460, -100.53630

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What's there now

DeWitty is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Brownlee, NE (population 6), about 4.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 2,821 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Heil School
ghost town · Hooker County · 39.8 mi
Blaine Center
ghost town · Blaine County · 40.8 mi

Sources and licences

Wikidata — Wikidata item (CC0)
Wikidata — Wikipedia article (linked as a source; text not used) (CC0)
U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)

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