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Owanka
Location of Owanka in South Dakota.
Coordinates: 44°01′19″N102°35′14″W / 44.021932°N 102.587283°W / 44.021932; -102.587283
Country United States
State South Dakota
County Pennington
Population
estimate from Rapid City Journal newspaper article [1]
  Total2
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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Owanka's few and faithful like the peace and quiet". Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved April 23, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Owanka, South Dakota
  3. "Look Up a ZIP Code". USPS. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
  4. Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 54.
  5. "Pennington County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
  6. 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.
  7. What Happened To Owanka? at the Internet Archive  PDF (328KB)
  8. "Owanka Ghost Town". Archived from the original on April 23, 2014. Retrieved April 23, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)