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 27,047 at the 20 ...

, formerly Dewey, a city * Dewey, Idaho, a ghost town * Dewey, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Dewey, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Dewey, Missouri, a ghost town * Dewey, Montana, a census-designated place *

Dewey, Oklahoma Dewey is a city in Washington County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 3,179 at the 2000 census and 3,432 at the 2010 census, an increase of 8 percent. It is located near the north side of Bartlesville. History In 1899, Jacob B ...

, 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. ...

, an unincorporated community * Dewey, Utah, a ghost town * Dewey, Skagit County, Washington, an unincorporated community * Dewey, Wisconsin (disambiguation), various places * Dewey County, Oklahoma * Dewey County, South Dakota * Dewey Lake, Kentucky * Dewey Lake (St. Louis County, Minnesota) * Dewey Marsh, Wisconsin * Dewey Mountain, in Saranac Lake, New York *

Dewey Beach, Delaware Dewey Beach is an incorporated coastal town in eastern Sussex County, Delaware, United States. According to the 2010 census, the population of the town is 341, an increase of 13.3% over the previous decade. It is part of the rapidly growing Cape ...

Canada

*Dewey, a former railway station near McGregor, British Columbia

People and fictional characters

* Dewey (given name) * 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, wi ...

, Admiral of the US Navy *

John Dewey John Dewey (; October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, and Education reform, educational reformer. He was one of the most prominent American scholars in the first half of the twentieth century. The overridi ...

, American philosopher and educator *

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

, 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 and politician who served as the 47th Governor of New York from 1943 to 1954. He was the Republican Party's nominee for president of the United States in 1944 and ...

, American lawyer, prosecutor and governor of New York

Other uses

*, various ships * Dewey (deer), the first cloned deer * Dewey Readmore Books, 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), a classification of hills and mountains

Places

In the United States

Canada

People and fictional characters

Other uses

See also