Dewey may refer to:

Places

In the United States

* Dewey, Arizona, a former unincorporated town, now part of the town of Dewey-Humboldt *

Wasco, California Wasco (formerly, Dewey and Deweyville) is a city in the San Joaquin Valley, in Kern County, California, United States. Wasco is located northwest of Bakersfield, California, Bakersfield, at an elevation of . The population was 25,545 at the 20 ...

, formerly Dewey, a city * Dewey, Illinois, an unincorporated community *

Dewey, Indiana Dewey is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Harrison Township, Vigo County, Indiana, Harrison Township, Vigo County, Indiana, Vigo County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. Within the boundaries of Terre Haute, Indiana, Terre Haute, ...

, an unincorporated community *

Dewey, Missouri Dewey is an extinct town in Polk County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. A post office called Dewey was established in 1898, and remained in operation until 1906. The community has the name of George Dewey, an officer in the Spanish–American War ...

, a ghost town *

Dewey, Montana Dewey is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Beaverhead County, Montana, United States. It is in the northeast part of the county, on the south side of the Big Hole River, and bordered to the north, across the river, by ...

, a census-designated place *

Dewey, Oklahoma Dewey is a city in Washington County, Oklahoma, United States. Founded by Jacob A. Bartles in 1899, the town was named for Admiral George Dewey. It was incorporated December 8, 1905.May, John D. Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. "Dewe ...

, a city *

Dewey, South Dakota Dewey is an unincorporated community near the southwest corner of Custer County, South Dakota, United States, less than one mile from the Wyoming border in a prairie region of the Black Hills. There are approximately five or six homes in town. D ...

, an unincorporated community *

Dewey, Utah Dewey is a ghost town in along the Colorado River in southeastern Grand County, Utah, United States. Description Originally named ''Kingsferry'', it began in the 1880s when Samuel King built and operated a ferry across the Colorado River (but ...

, a ghost town *

Dewey, Skagit County, Washington Dewey (also Gibraltar) is an unincorporated community in Skagit County, Washington, United States. History The community was originally called Deception, then Fidalgo City and renamed in 1898 after George Dewey, a naval officer in the Spanish– ...

, an unincorporated community *

Dewey, Wisconsin (disambiguation) Dewey is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Wisconsin: *Dewey, Burnett County, Wisconsin, a town *Dewey, Portage County, Wisconsin Dewey is a town in Portage County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 975 at the 2000 census. Th ...

, various places *

Dewey County, Oklahoma Dewey County is a county in the western part of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 4,810. Its county seat is Taloga. The county was created in 1891 as "County D". In an 1898 election, county voters chose the ...

Dewey County, South Dakota Dewey County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,239. Its county seat is Timber Lake. The county was created in 1883 and organized in 1910. It was named for William P. Dewey, Territorial ...

Dewey Lake Dewey Lake, located near Prestonsburg, Kentucky in Floyd County, is part of the integrated flood reduction system operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers for the entire Ohio River Basin. The lake was formed by impounding John's C ...

, Kentucky *

Dewey Lake (St. Louis County, Minnesota) Dewey Lake is a lake in St. Louis County, Minnesota, St. Louis County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. According to Warren Upham, Dewey Lake may be named for George Dewey (1837–1917), an American admiral. See also *List of lakes in Minnesota ...

Dewey Marsh, Wisconsin The Dewey Marsh is a state wildlife area in Portage County, Wisconsin, United States. Geography The Dewey Marsh is located in central Wisconsin approximately five to ten miles north of Stevens Point (Lat: 44° 38' 33.6", Lon: -89° 33' 40.6") ...

Dewey Mountain ''There is another Dewey Mountain in Chittenden County, Vermont'' Dewey Mountain is a mountain in Franklin County, New York just south of the village of Saranac Lake. A hill that slopes down to Lake Flower Lake Flower is a lake in Frankli ...

, in Saranac Lake, New York

Canada

*Dewey, a former railway station near

McGregor, British Columbia McGregor existed on the northeast side of the Fraser River north-northwest of the Bowron River confluence. Positioned between Sinclair Mills and Upper Fraser, in central British Columbia, the previous community has since dispersed. McGregor, as ...

People and fictional characters

Dewey (given name) Dewey is of Welsh origin, the masculine given name is an Anglified spelling of ' Dewi', it is also used as a nickname. Notable people with the name include: *Dewey Balfa (1927–1992), American musician *Dewey Bartlett (1919–1979), American poli ...

* Dewey (surname) *

George Dewey George Dewey (December 26, 1837January 16, 1917) was Admiral of the Navy, the only person in United States history to have attained that rank. He is best known for his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War, with ...

, Admiral of the US Navy *

John Dewey John Dewey (; October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform. He was one of the most prominent American scholars in the f ...

, American philosopher and educator *

Melvil Dewey Melville Louis Kossuth "Melvil" Dewey (December 10, 1851 – December 26, 1931) was an influential American librarian and educator, inventor of the Dewey Decimal system of library classification, a founder of the Lake Placid Club, and a chief lib ...

, American librarian and educator, inventor of the Dewey Decimal system of library classification *

Thomas E. Dewey Thomas Edmund Dewey (March 24, 1902 – March 16, 1971) was an American lawyer, prosecutor, and politician who served as the 47th governor of New York from 1943 to 1954. He was the Republican candidate for president in 1944 and 1948: although ...

, American lawyer, prosecutor and governor of New York

Other uses

*, various ships *

Dewey (deer) Dewey is the first cloned deer and was born on May 23, 2003. Specifically, he is a White-tailed Deer, or ''Odocoileus virginianus'', and was cloned from a dead buck by the Texas A&M University Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, or TAMU) ...

, the first cloned deer *

Dewey Readmore Books Dewey Readmore Books (November 18, 1987 – November 29, 2006) was the library cat of the Spencer, Iowa, Public Library. Having been abandoned in the library's drop box in January 1988, he was adopted by the library and gained local attention for ...

, a library cat in Spencer, Iowa, and subject of the 2008 non-fiction book *'' Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World'', a 2008 non-fiction book *

Dewey (hill) The mountains and hills of the British Isles are categorised into various lists based on different combinations of elevation, prominence, and other criteria such as isolation. These lists are used for peak bagging, whereby hillwalkers attempt ...

, a classification of hills and mountains