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HI, I'm Bobbi Dunn, County Coordinator for Atoka, Co. Please understand ALL information on this site was contributed by people like you. The ONLY things I researched was my family history. I do NOT live in Atoka Co. and so am NOT able to help you with research. If it's not on the site, I don't have it. Thanks.
NOTICE:
Please understand that we are no longer associated with Rootsweb. We have changed servers and this may have caused a few broken links. Please let me know if you find broken links on this page.
ALSO, please
note that the old yahoo mail address that used to be associated with this site
has also changed. Unfortunately in the process the emails from Yahoo were lost.
If you contributed information and it is not on this site, please resend it
to me at: atokacounty@gmail.com and
I will get it on the site as soon as possible.
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ATOKA COUNTY HISTORY
Atoka County is located in south-eastern Oklahoma near the Texas border and settled in the mid-1800s, this county was first called Shappaway, with the county seat located at the Choctaw Court grounds on the banks of the Muddy Boggy River. The name was later changed to Atoka in honor of Captain Atoka, a noted Choctaw who led a band of his people to this area during the removal of the Five Civilized Tribes to Indian Territory.
Atoka, the county seat, was a stop on the Butterfield Overland Stage Road, the route followed when mail service began between Missouri and San Francisco in 1857. Boggy Depot, located in the western part of the county, served as an important trading post during early years and is now historic Boggy Depot State Park. Well known for its hunting and fishing, half its area is forested and contains several mountain streams and man-made lakes. It is the site of Oklahoma's largest rock quarry, which is located at Stringtown.
The county claims many firsts, including Oklahoma's first Masonic Lodge, first chapter of Eastern Star, and first Catholic Church in Indian Territory. Among the significant historical sites in the county are the First Oil Well in Oklahoma in the southwestern part of the county, the Middle Boggy Battlefield Site and Confederate Cemetery just north of Atoka and Waddell's Station, southwest of Wesley.
The first post office in Boggy Depot, Choctaw Nation was established November 5, 1849. Postmaster: William R. Guy.
Atoka County needs your help! Our county sites depend on Volunteers for much of our county information. Please contribute your Atoka County information. All types of information about Atoka Co. and it's families is welcome. Sometimes it's the smallest tidbit of information found is the information that a researcher needs to find their families.
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New Atoka County Courthouse Old Atoka County Courthouse
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| Towns of Atoka County Past and Present |
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| Atoka | Bentley | Blackjack | Boehler and Boggy Depot Twp |
Bruno & Bur |
| Calloway & Caney | Caney Switch & Chickiechockie | Chockie & Copeland | Crystal | Daisy & Dayton |
| Farris & Geary Station | Harmony | Gertrude & Herbert | Joburn & Lane | Limestone Gap |
| Peck & Potapo | Reynolds P.O/ Kiowa Station |
Redden | Smallwood | Standing Rock |
| Stringtown | Tellico | Tushka | Voca & Waddell's Station | Wards Chapel & Wardville & Wesley |
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| Pushmataha - Bryan - Johnston - Coal - Pittsburg - Choctaw NOTE: If any of these links are found to be broken, the county can be accessed through: http://okgenweb.org |
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Welcome to Atoka County, Oklahoma. This site is part of OkGenWeb and USGenWeb. On this website you can, view census records, peruse cemetery information, and much more.
Recommended items are: joining our discussion list, this is via email; Saturday night chat with the State Coordinator, County Coordinators, and others. Who knows, you might just connect to your family tree.
All of the information on this website belongs to the submitter. Do not link directly to any of the individual pages on this website. You may link to this homepage.
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State Coordinator:
Ron Henson Asst. State Coordinator:
Bobbi Dunn |
