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Dewey County
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county in Oklahoma, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oklahoma
- Named after
- George Dewey
- Seat
- Taloga
- Largest city
- Seiling
- Total
- 1,008 sq mi (2,610 km )
- Land
- 999 sq mi (2,590 km )
- Water
- 8.8 sq mi (23 km ) 0.9%
- Estimate 2025
- 4,207
- Density
- 4.49/sq mi (1.73/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Dewey County is a county in the western part of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,484. Its county seat is Taloga. The county was created in 1891 as "County D". In an 1898 election, county voters chose the name Dewey, honoring Admiral George Dewey.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dewey County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.