Editing DeWitt, Arkansas (section)

==Culture and contemporary life==
[[File:DeWitt Commercial Historic District, 1 of 7.jpg|right|thumb|Streetside in the [[DeWitt Commercial Historic District]]]]
{{Main|Culture of Arkansas}}
{{See also|National Register of Historic Places listings in Arkansas County, Arkansas}}
The city contains eight listings on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. The [[DeWitt Commercial Historic District]] contains 54 historically significant buildings, 32 of which face Courthouse Square, including the [[Arkansas County Courthouse-Southern District]] itself. The [[L.A. Black Rice Milling Association Inc. Office]] and [[Halliburton House (DeWitt, Arkansas)|Halliburton House]] preserve historical associations with prominent local officials. The [[DeWitt Post Office]] contains [[New Deal]]-era [[United States post office murals|murals]]. Three historic bridges are also listed in the city: [[Maxwell Street Bridge]], [[North Jackson Street Bridge]], and the [[North Washington Street Bridge (DeWitt)|North Washington Street Bridge]].

In September 2011, the feature film ''[[Mud (2012 film)|Mud]]'' (2013; written and directed by [[Jeff Nichols]], starring [[Reese Witherspoon]] and [[Matthew McConaughey]]) was filmed in and around [[Arkansas County, Arkansas|Arkansas County.]] The movie featured a scene filmed at DeWitt Hospital & Nursing Home.

===Annual cultural events===
Perhaps the most popular annual event in DeWitt is [[duck hunting]] season between November and January, a tradition dating back to the [[Illinois Indians]] who traveled south to Arkansas to hunt, popular with Arkansans and tourist hunters from across the country.

The Arkansas County Fair has been held annually since 1938 at the Arkansas County Fairgrounds in DeWitt during mid-September.

===Media===
{{See also|List of newspapers in Arkansas}}
DeWitt has been served by the ''[[DeWitt Era Enterprise]]'' since 1929. Several other newspapers have been published in the city, many during the late 19th century.<ref>{{cite book |last= Allsopp |first= Frederick W. |url=https://www.archive.org/stream/historyofarkansa00allsuoft |format= PDF |title= History of the Arkansas Press for a Hundred Years and More |year=1922 |publisher=Parke-Harper Pub. Co. |via=Southern Historical Press |author-link=Frederick W. Allsopp |location= Little Rock, Ark |edition=Reprint |isbn=9780893080730 |oclc=3576168 |pages=48–50 }}</ref>

[[File:DeWitt 5M1.jpg|right|thumb|DeWitt Municipal Airport]]