Wounded Knee, South Dakota

Wounded Knee

*Čaŋkpé Opí* (Lakota)
Wounded Knee Čaŋkpé Opí (Lakota)
CDP
	Wounded Knee in 2005
	Wounded Knee Location within the state of South Dakota Wounded Knee Wounded Knee (the United States)
	Coordinates: 43°08′37″N 102°22′06″W / 43.14361°N 102.36833°W
Country	United States
State	South Dakota
County	Oglala Lakota
Area
• Total	1.07 sq mi (2.77 km2)
• Land	1.07 sq mi (2.77 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	3,235 ft (986 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	364
• Density	340.19/sq mi (131.33/km2)
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code	57794
Area code	605
FIPS code	46-72900
GNIS feature ID	2393868

Wounded Knee (Lakota: Čaŋkpé Opí^[5]) is a census-designated place (CDP) on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 364 at the 2020 census.^[6]

The town is named for the Wounded Knee Creek which runs through the region.^[7] The bones and heart of the Sioux chief Crazy Horse were reputedly buried along this creek by his family following his death in 1877. The town lies within the Pine Ridge Reservation, territory of the Oglala Lakota (Sioux).

^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wounded Knee
^ Cite error: The named reference USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ Ullrich, Jan F. (2014). New Lakota Dictionary (2nd ed.). Bloomington, IN: Lakota Language Consortium. ISBN 978-0-9761082-9-0.
^ "U.S. Census Bureau: Wounded Knee CDP, South Dakota". www.census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. American guide series. University of South Dakota. p. 69.

[TigerWebMapServer-1] "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.

[gnis-2] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wounded Knee

[USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly-3] Cite error: The named reference USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[GR2-4] "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.

[5] Ullrich, Jan F. (2014). New Lakota Dictionary (2nd ed.). Bloomington, IN: Lakota Language Consortium. ISBN 978-0-9761082-9-0.

[USCensus-6] "U.S. Census Bureau: Wounded Knee CDP, South Dakota". www.census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 28, 2022.

[7] Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. American guide series. University of South Dakota. p. 69.

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Wounded Knee Čaŋkpé Opí (Lakota)
CDP
Wounded Knee in 2005
Wounded Knee Location within the state of South Dakota Show map of South Dakota Wounded Knee Wounded Knee (the United States) Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 43°08′37″N 102°22′06″W / 43.14361°N 102.36833°W / 43.14361; -102.36833
Country	United States
State	South Dakota
County	Oglala Lakota
Area ^[1]
• Total	1.07 sq mi (2.77 km²)
• Land	1.07 sq mi (2.77 km²)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Elevation ^[2]	3,235 ft (986 m)
Population (2020)^[3]
• Total	364
• Density	340.19/sq mi (131.33/km²)
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code	57794
Area code	605
FIPS code	46-72900^[4]
GNIS feature ID	2393868^[2]