Yewed is an unincorporated community in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, United States. Yewed is 0.7 miles (1.1 km) east of Lambert.

Yewed, Oklahoma
Unincorporated community
Yewed, Oklahoma
Coordinates: 36°40′56″N 98°24′36″W
Country	United States
State	Oklahoma
County	Alfalfa
Elevation [1]	1,253 ft (382 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	580
GNIS feature ID	1100954 [1]

Yewed was platted in 1902 and had a station on the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway. The community applied for a Post Office under the name Dewey in honor of Admiral George Dewey. However, since another community - Dewey, Oklahoma - already had that name, the letters were reversed and the name Yewed was assigned to the community.[2] The Post Office operated from December 24, 1898, to April 30, 1952.[3]

As of 1977, the community had an operational grain elevator and a population of two.[4]

See also

• List of ghost towns in Oklahoma
• List of geographic names derived from anagrams and ananyms

References

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