Boynton

History

Boynton was built in 1903 with the coming of the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway to the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. The post office was named for E. L. Boynton, chief engineer of the Missouri Coal and Railroad Company. Boosted by an oil refinery and a brick factory, the town reached a peak population of 1,400 in the 1920 census. By 2000 the population had declined to 274. The local school district, Boynton-Moton Public Schools, closed its high school in September 2010; in March 2011, the Oklahoma State Board of Education voted to revoke the district's accreditation and close the lower school as of June 2011.

Geography

Boynton is in western Muskogee County, by road southwest of Muskogee. U.S. Route 62 passes through the town, leading north and east to Muskogee, and south and west to Morris. State Highway 72 runs with US 62 through Boynton but leads north to Haskell and south to is terminus at U.S. Route 266, with Checotah an additional to the southeast. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town of Boynton has a total area of , of which , or 1.18%, are water. Cloud Creek passes just east of the town limits, flowing north to join the Arkansas River between Haskell and Taft.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• MIDWAY ES
  Elementary · COUNCIL HILL · 156 students · 17.3:1 ratio
• WAINWRIGHT PUBLIC SCHOOL
  Elementary · Wainwright · 79 students · 19.8:1 ratio
• MIDWAY HS
  High · Council Hill · 66 students · 16.5:1 ratio