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Leedey is an incorporated town in the southwestern corner of Dewey County, Oklahoma, named for early settler Amos Leedey, who also served as its first postmaster.

Leedey's post office opened on January 6, 1900, but the town only took off after the Wichita Falls and Northwestern Railway (later part of the Katy) completed a line from Elk City in 1911, and Leedey incorporated on October 11 of that same year.

Leedey's population peaked at 646 in 1930, likely boosted by oil drilling in the area during the 1920s, and the town counted 415 residents in the 2020 census.

On May 31, 1947, an F5 tornado struck Leedey, killing seven people and heavily damaging the town.

In September 1962, Leedey's townspeople buried a time capsule of town and Dewey County history that was opened on October 11, 2011, during the town's centennial celebration.

Leedey sits about two miles north of the junction of State Highways 34 and 47, and local artifacts are preserved at the town's Boswell Museum.

Leedey is the birthplace of Darla Hood (1931-1979), the child actress who played the leading female role in the Our Gang (Little Rascals) film shorts.

Leedey's own school district serves students from prekindergarten through twelfth grade, and at the turn of the twenty-first century more than 95 percent of its employed residents commuted to work outside town.