Boswell

History

The Boswell area was one of the Choctaw Nation's first and most important settlements. A Presbyterian missionary station was founded at Mayhew, Indian Territory, three miles north of present-day Boswell in the 1840s. It soon became a government center as well as seat of civilization. Mayhew became the administrative and judicial capital of the Pushmataha District, one of three administrative super-regions comprising the Choctaw Nation. Mayhew was located in Blue County, one of the counties comprising the Pushmataha District. In 1886 portions of Blue County, including Mayhew, were joined with parts of adjacent counties to form Jackson County. The new county's seat of government was at Pigeon Roost, south of Boswell. A United States Post Office was established at Mayhew, Indian Territory on February 5, 1845, and operated until September 30, 1902. It then moved two miles south to Boswell, which was then a new townsite along the new railroad, and changed its name to Boswell. Boswell was named for S.C. Boswell, a local merchant.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Boswell has a total area of , of which is land and 1.43% is water. The town contains Boswell State Park, an Oklahoma State Park largely occupied by a lake, which has been stocked with channel catfish.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Green Treefrog

  Dryophytes cinereus (Schneider, 1799) · Amphibia
  104
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  62
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  61
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  59
• Turkey Vulture

  Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  57
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  56
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  54
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  53

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