| Official Name: | Owanka, South Dakota |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | South Dakota |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Pennington |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population Footnotes: | estimate from Rapid City Journal newspaper article |
| Population Total: | 2 |
| Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
| Utc Offset: | -7 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
| Pushpin Map: | South Dakota |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Label: | Owanka |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Owanka in South Dakota. |
| Coordinates: | 44.0219°N -102.5873°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 57767 |
| Area Code: | 605 |
Owanka is an unincorporated community in Pennington County, South Dakota, United States. Although not tracked by the United States Census Bureau, Owanka has been assigned the ZIP Code of 57767.[1]
The first settlement at Owanka was made in 1888.[2] A post office called Owanka was established in 1907.[3] Owanka is a name derived from the Sioux language, meaning "good camping ground."[4]
Now mostly a ghost town, a single family resides in Owanka. In addition to those two people, several others reside outside the town limits.[5]
South Dakota Magazine offers a photo gallery of old Owanka buildings in this article reference:[6]