Boynton is a town in
Muskogee County
Muskogee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 70,990. The county seat is Muskogee. The county and city were named for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.[Oklahoma
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, United States. The population was 248 at the 2010 census, a 9.5 percent decline from the figure of 274 recorded in 2000.
History
Boynton was built in 1903 with the coming of the
St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
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to the
Muscogee (Creek) Nation
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. 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.
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Accessed May 2, 2015. The local school district, Boynton-Moton Public Schools, closed its high school in September 2010; in March 2011, the
Oklahoma State Board of Education
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voted to revoke the district's accreditation and close the lower school as of June 2011.
[Wendy Burton]
"State: Boynton must close"
''Muskogee Phoenix
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'', March 24, 2011.
Geography
Boynton is located at (35.649404, -95.653678).
It is from
Muskogee.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the town has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 274 people, 112 households, and 76 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 139 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 27.37%
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, 55.11%
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, 6.20%
Native American, 0.36% from
other races
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, and 10.95% from two or more races.
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or
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of any race were 0.73% of the population.
There were 112 households, out of which 33.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.3% were
married couples
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living together, 21.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.1% were non-families. 31.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.09.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 30.3% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 21.9% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 16.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 107.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.1 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $17,917, and the median income for a family was $25,000. Males had a median income of $25,417 versus $15,417 for females. The
per capita income
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for the town was $18,419. About 22.4% of families and 25.5% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 29.6% of those under the age of eighteen and 13.0% of those 65 or over.
Economy
The local economy is based on agricultural services.
References
External links
Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Boynton
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Towns in Muskogee County, Oklahoma
Towns in Oklahoma