Dewar is a town in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 763 at the 2020 census. Founded in 1909 by workers for the Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway (MO&G), it was named for William Peter Dewar, a railroad official. It incorporated in 1909.
Dewar has a history with coal in the large Henryetta Coal Formation: the Thirty-sixth annual report of the Department of Mines and Minerals from 1943 shows production by four coal companies in Dewar— Berkey Coal Company, Coal Creek Coal Company, Dewar Coal Company, and Martin-Geary Coal Company—with a combined total of over 13,600 tons of coal annually. Dewar was along the route of the shortline Coalton Railway, later called the Okmulgee Northern Railway, which operated from Okmulgee south along the Deep Fork River carrying the coal out of the Dewar, Coalton and Schulter producing areas from 1916 to 1964.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and 1.08% is water.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Dewar had a population of 763. The median age was 41.4 years. 25.6% of residents were under the age of 18 and 22.4% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 96.1 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 90.0 males age 18 and over.
There were 285 households in Dewar, of which 30.2% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 49.5% were married-couple households, 15.8% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 29.5% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 28.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
! Race !! Number !! Percent
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| White || 455 || 59.6%
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| Black or African American || 8 || 1.0%
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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 176 || 23.1%
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| Asian || 0 || 0.0%
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| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 0 || 0.0%
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| Some other race || 7 || 0.9%
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| Two or more races || 117 || 15.3%
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| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 17 || 2.2%
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2000 census
As of the census