 dewey is a town in portage county, wisconsin, united states. the population was 975 at the 2000 census. the unincorporated community of torun is located in the town. ==geography== according to the united states census bureau, the town has a total area of 47.0&nbsp;square miles (121.8&nbsp;kmÂ²), of which, 45.3&nbsp;square miles (117.3&nbsp;kmÂ²) of it is land and 1.7&nbsp;square miles (4.5&nbsp;kmÂ²) of it (3.70%) is water. ==demographics== as of the census of 2000, there were 975 people, 356 households, and 271 families residing in the town. the population density was 21.5 people per square mile (8.3/kmÂ²). there were 378 housing units at an average density of 8.3 per square mile (3.2/kmÂ²). the racial makeup of the town was 99.08% white, 0.10% [[african ameri
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