Okreek is an unincorporated community in Todd County, South Dakota, United States. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 190.[4] The town is wholly within the jurisdiction of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, and the populace is almost entirely Sioux-American. Okreek consists primarily of two long blocks of inhabited tract housing, and has about 30 private telephone subscribers within town limits. There is also an elementary school and a Post Office which has been assigned the ZIP Code of 57563.[5]
Okreek | |
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  Okreek Location within the state of South Dakota  Okreek Okreek (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 43°21′12″N 100°22′57″W / 43.35333°N 100.38250°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | South Dakota |
| County | Todd |
| Area | |
• Total | 45.05 sq mi (116.67 km2) |
| • Land | 45.00 sq mi (116.55 km2) |
| • Water | 0.04 sq mi (0.12 km2) |
| Elevation | 2,346 ft (715 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 190 |
| • Density | 4.22/sq mi (1.63/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 57563 |
| FIPS code | 46-46660 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2584563[2] |
The name Okreek is a corruption of Oak Creek, a stream near the town site.[6]
Demographics
edit| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 190 | — | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[7] | |||
References
edit- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Okreek, South Dakota
- ^ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
- ^ "U.S. Census Bureau: Okreek CDP, South Dakota". www.census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
- ^ "Okreek, SD ZIP Codes". SD HomeTownLocator. HTL, Inc. Retrieved September 12, 2008.
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 52.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
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