The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗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.
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2000
Nothing in Boynton is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Boynton has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Moton School Campus Historic District in Taft, 9.7 miles away.
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
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