Okreek, South Dakota

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Okreek
Okreek is located in South Dakota
Okreek
Okreek
Location within the state of South Dakota
Coordinates: 43°21′44″N 100°23′9″W / 43.36222°N 100.38583°W / 43.36222; -100.38583Coordinates: 43°21′44″N 100°23′9″W / 43.36222°N 100.38583°W / 43.36222; -100.38583
CountryUnited States
StateSouth Dakota
CountyTodd
Population
 (2020)
 • Total190
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
57563

Okreek is an unincorporated community in Todd County, South Dakota, United States. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 190.[1] 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.[2]

The name Okreek is a corruption of Oak Creek, a stream near the town site.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "U.S. Census Bureau: Okreek CDP, South Dakota". www.census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Okreek, SD ZIP Codes". SD HomeTownLocator. HTL, Inc. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
  3. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 52.


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