Owanka, South Dakota
Owanka, South Dakota | |
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 Abandoned grain elevator in Owanka | |
  Owanka Location of Owanka in South Dakota. | |
| Coordinates: 44°01′19″N 102°35′14″W / 44.021932°N 102.587283°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | South Dakota |
| County | Pennington |
| Population estimate from Rapid City Journal newspaper article[1] | |
• Total | 2 |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP code | 57767 |
| Area code | 605 |
Owanka is an unincorporated community in Pennington County, South Dakota, United States.[2] Although not tracked by the United States Census Bureau, Owanka has been assigned the ZIP Code of 57767.[3]
History
The first settlement at Owanka was made in 1888.[4] A post office called Owanka was established in 1907.[5] Owanka is a name derived from the Sioux language, meaning "good camping ground."[6]
Now mostly a ghost town, a single family resides in Owanka.[7] In addition to those two people, several others reside outside the town limits.[1]
South Dakota Magazine offers a photo gallery of old Owanka buildings in this article reference:[8]
References
- ^ a b Owanka's few and faithful like the peace and quiet at the Wayback Machine (archived October 17, 2012)
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Owanka, South Dakota
- ^ "Look Up a ZIP Code". USPS. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 54.
- ^ "Pennington County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ^ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 111.
- ^ What Happened To Owanka? at the Internet Archive PDF (328KB)
- ^ Owanka Ghost Town at the Wayback Machine (archived April 23, 2014)
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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