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…

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Town numbers

ZIP code74431

Area code539, 918

Living in Dewar

Housing in Dewar

$50K Median sale price · Redfin, March 2026

The median sale price was $50,000 in March 2026.

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Safety in Dewar

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Not graded

Dewar has fewer than 1,000 residents. At that size one or two incidents swing the numbers so much that a grade wouldn't be fair, so we show the counts instead.

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Property7

Reported in 20258

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Schools in Dewar

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School Grade C-

The public schools Dewar’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 84% of Oklahoma’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

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Dewar Es DElementary · Grades PK–5 · 249 students Dewar MS D-Middle · Grades 6–8 · 119 students Dewar HS DHigh · Grades 9–12 · 163 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within OK. Ratings are from neighbors.

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