Wakpala, South Dakota
Wakpala, South Dakota | |
---|---|
Coordinates: 45°39′34″N 100°32′08″W / 45.65944°N 100.53556°W | |
Country | United States |
State | South Dakota |
County | Corson |
Area | |
• Total | 0.44 sq mi (1.13 km2) |
• Land | 0.44 sq mi (1.13 km2) |
• Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
Elevation | 1,637 ft (499 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 267 |
• Density | 609.59/sq mi (235.33/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
ZIP code | 57658 |
Area code | 605 |
FIPS code | 46-68180[4] |
GNIS feature ID | 2813013[2] |
Wakpala is an unincorporated community in Corson County, South Dakota, United States, on the west side of the Missouri River, north-northwest of Mobridge. Wakpala is within the boundaries of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, and its name loosely translates to "creek" in the Lakota language,[5] with Oak Creek running south on its eastern edge.
Chief Gall (Piji, Phizí) is buried at Saint Elizabeth Episcopal Cemetery here and Chief Sitting Bull (Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake) is possibly buried under a concrete bust bearing his name a few miles south of town in the Mobridge area. Sitting Bull was originally buried at Fort Yates, North Dakota, but an effort was made to exhume his bones and rebury him at the present site.[citation needed]
The annual Wakpala Wacipi (dance or powwow) is held on the last weekend in August.
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
2020 | 267 | — | |
U.S. Decennial Census[6] |
References
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wakpala, South Dakota
- ^ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 66.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- Use mdy dates from July 2023
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- Coordinates on Wikidata
- All articles with unsourced statements
- Articles with unsourced statements from August 2023
- Articles with VIAF identifiers
- Articles with J9U identifiers
- Articles with LCCN identifiers
- Articles with SUDOC identifiers
- Unincorporated communities in Corson County, South Dakota
- Unincorporated communities in South Dakota
- All stub articles
- South Dakota geography stubs