DeWitty, Nebraska

The tract bordered the North Loup River for almost 15 miles (24 km) in the eastern part of Cherry County.

Within a few years, black Canadian farmers who settled near Overton in Dawson County joined the settlement, bringing the population to 66.

The town had a post office, a baseball team, a barber, a general store, and three school districts for area students.

[11] Droughts and crop failures following World War I caused DeWitty's families to mortgage their properties.

[14] Nonetheless, DeWitty was described as an important contribution to the development of agricultural communities throughout the American West during the time of the Kinkaid Act.

[15] On April 11, 2016, The Nebraska State Historical Society installed a roadside marker on U.S. Highway 83 to commemorate the DeWitty settlement.