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
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 / 43.35333°N 100.38250°W / 43.35333; -100.38250
CountryUnited States
StateSouth Dakota
CountyTodd
Area
 • Total45.05 sq mi (116.67 km2)
 • Land45.00 sq mi (116.55 km2)
 • Water0.04 sq mi (0.12 km2)
Elevation2,346 ft (715 m)
Population
 • 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 edit

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
2020190
U.S. Decennial Census[7]

References edit

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  2. ^ a b 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.