Sundance, Wyoming

Sundance, Wyoming
Owíwaŋyaŋg Wačhí
Old wooden jail (left) and stone school building in Sundance
Old wooden jail (left) and stone school building in Sundance
Location of Sundance in Crook County, Wyoming.
Location of Sundance in Crook County, Wyoming.
Sundance, Wyoming is located in the United States
Sundance, Wyoming
Sundance, Wyoming
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 44°24′23″N 104°22′33″W / 44.40639°N 104.37583°W / 44.40639; -104.37583[1]
CountryUnited States
StateWyoming
CountyCrook
Government
 • MayorPaul Brooks
Area
 • Total3.06 sq mi (7.93 km2)
 • Land3.05 sq mi (7.90 km2)
 • Water0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2)
Elevation4,738 ft (1,444 m)
Population
 • Total1,032
 • Estimate 
(2019)[4]
1,292
 • Density423.47/sq mi (163.49/km2)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code
82729
Area code307
FIPS code56-74195[5]
GNIS feature ID1603438[1]
Websitehttp://www.cityofsundancewy.com/

Sundance (Lakota: Owíwaŋyaŋg Wačhí;[6] "Sun-watching Dance") is a town in and the county seat of Crook County, Wyoming, United States.[7] Its population was 1,032 at the 2020 census. The town is named after the Sun Dance ceremony practiced by several American Indian tribes.[8]

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sundance, Wyoming
  2. ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
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  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference USCensusEst2019CenPopScriptOnlyDirtyFixDoNotUse was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  6. ^ Ullrich, Jan F. (2014). New Lakota Dictionary (2nd ed.). Bloomington, IN: Lakota Language Consortium. ISBN 978-0-9761082-9-0.
  7. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  8. ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 128.

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