Wewela, South Dakota

Wewela, South Dakota

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Unincorporated community
	United Church of Christ in Wewela, South Dakota
	Wewela, South Dakota
	Coordinates: 43°00′38″N 99°46′51″W / 43.01056°N 99.78083°W
Country	United States
State	South Dakota
County	Tripp
Elevation	2,136 ft (651 m)
Population (2019)
• Total	5
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	57578
Area code	605
GNIS feature ID	1258935

Wewela (Lakota: wiwíla;^[2] "A spring") is an unincorporated community in Tripp County, South Dakota, United States. Wewela is located on U.S. Route 183 near the Nebraska border, south of Colome.

The community most likely was named for springs near the original town site, Wewela meaning "small spring" in the Sioux language.^[3]

References

^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ Bright, William (2004). Native American Placenames of the United States. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 563.
^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 68.

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