Boynton is a town in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 161 at the 2020 census,
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.
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Racial and ethnic composition
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|+Boynton town, Oklahoma – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>
!Pop 2000
!Pop 2010
!
!% 2000
!% 2010
!
|-
|White alone (NH)
|75
|62
|style='background: #ffffe6; |43
|27.37%
|25.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |26.71%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|151
|129
|style='background: #ffffe6; |77
|55.11%
|52.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |47.83%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|16
|19
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9
|5.84%
|7.66%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.59%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|30
|31
|style='background: #ffffe6; |28
|10.95%
|12.50%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |17.39%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|2
|7
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4
|0.73%
|2.82%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.48%
|-
|Total
|274
|248
|style='background: #ffffe6; |161
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Boynton had a population of 161. The median age was 43.8 years. 26.1% of residents were under the age of 18 and 20.5% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 126.8 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 108.8 males age 18 and over.
0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 71 households in Boynton, of which 33.8% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 43.7% were married-couple households, 16.9% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 25.4% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 24.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.