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Welcome to Dewey ...Dewey is located in Owyhee County<1>. The location of Dewey has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Dewey, you might consider that their post office opened in 1896. Dewey is 6,010 feet [1,832 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Dewey is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Dewey lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Telephone area codes for Dewey: (208) & (986)<4> Communities Also Named Dewey ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 34 communities that are also named Dewey - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas (2), British Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan (4), Missouri (3), Montana (2), Nevada, New York, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah (2), Virginia (2), Washington (2) and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dewey. Communities near Dewey ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dewey.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Dewey. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dewey. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dewey. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dewey. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Dewey. See our Newspapers Page for Dewey. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dewey ...Looking for more information about Dewey? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Dewey, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Dewey. Adding Dewey to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Dewey in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Dewey was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Dewey. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Dewey. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Owyhee County: www.owyheecounty.net/ The official website for State of Idaho: https://idaho.gov/ Footnotes ...
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