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is a town in Onondaga County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 24,071. The town is named after DeWitt Clinton, the governor of New York while the Erie Canal was built.
is located east of the City of Syracuse and borders the city on its east side. The town is a suburb of Syracuse. The town is also the site of most of the campus and all of the academic buildings of Le Moyne College.
DeWitt was part of the Central New York Military Tract. The first settlers arrived around 1789.
The Erie Canal progressed through the town in 1825.