Okreek, South Dakota

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
Unincorporated community
Okreek is located in South Dakota
Okreek
Okreek
Location within the state of South Dakota
Okreek is located in the United States
Okreek
Okreek
Okreek (the United States)
Coordinates: 43°21′12″N 100°22′57″W
CountryUnited States
StateSouth Dakota
CountyTodd
Area
[1]
 • Total45.05 sq mi (116.67 km2)
 • Land45.00 sq mi (116.55 km2)
 • Water0.04 sq mi (0.12 km2)
Elevation
[2]
2,346 ft (715 m)
Population
 (2020)[3]
 • Total190
 • Density4.22/sq mi (1.63/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
57563
FIPS code46-46660
GNIS feature ID2584563[2]

The name Okreek is a corruption of Oak Creek, a stream near the town site.[6]

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020190—
U.S. Decennial Census[7]

References
  1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Okreek, South Dakota
  3. "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  4. "U.S. Census Bureau: Okreek CDP, South Dakota". www.census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  5. "Okreek, SD ZIP Codes". SD HomeTownLocator. HTL, Inc. Retrieved September 12, 2008.
  6. Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 52.
  7. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.


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