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Skedee was originally known as Lemert, OK for the Lemert family. However, after some time, the name was changed because it sounded similar to another Oklahoma town, and the post office, which was built in February 1902, requested it be changed. So Lemert became Skedee, a reference to the Skidi band of the Pawnee. Agricultural pursuits have been the mainstay of Skedee’s economy. Local farmers raised livestock, and cotton was their principal money crop. By 1909 settlers had established four churches, a public school, and a bank. A feed mill, a grain elevator, and a cotton gin supported the rural community. In the 1940s and 1950s a gasoline station, a cotton gin produce company, and flour and feed company served residents. At 1907 statehood Skedee had 277 residents. During the next three decades the population remained fairly steady with 289, 268, and 272 reported for 1910, 1920, and 1930, respectively. In 1940s the population declined to 235. Since 1940 the numbers have decreased from 170 in 1950 to a low of 96 in 1990. Due to the population going down, the post office closed in 1963. At the turn of the twenty-first century Skedee had 102 inhabitants. Employed citizens commuted to jobs in Pawnee. In the 2010 census, the population was at 51.
Now the school. First constructed of wood in the year 1906, the original school was quickly replaced by a more sturdy and larger school building in 1916, which was surely the sign of a robust and rapidly expanding community back at that time. Skedee school fell victim to the community’s gradual decline and the country’s transition toward consolidation over four decades ago, closing in 1967 as the educational systems of Skedee, Ralston, and Pawnee were all three merged together. There were no school cleaning services at the end of the school’s functioning time.
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