DeWitt County was formed in the year 1839 and named for the seventh Governor of New York State, DeWitt Clinton. The county encloses an area of 405.08 sq mi. More than 16K people with a splendid combination of White, Native American, black or African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Pacific Islander, and others along with 6.7K households and 4.6K family units reside in this region. Clinton is the county seat and the largest city.

Constituting of marriage and divorce decree, obituary, burial, immigration, census, military and war, cemetery, birth and death certificate index, adoption, land and property, probate and estate index and the likes, DeWitt County Public records has proved to be one of the committed and authentic resources to aid in genealogical, social and legal research.