Atoka County

Atoka County was first settled in the mid–1800s. and was first called Shappaway, with the county seat located at the Choctaw Court grounds on the banks of the Muddy Boggy River. Later the name was changed to Atoka to honor Captain Atoka who was a noted Choctaw who led a band of his people to this area during the removal. In 1857, Atoka, the county seat, was a stop on the Butterfield Overland Stage Road route that delivered mail between Missouri and San Francisco. Atoka covers 990 square miles of which half is forested, as well as several mountain streams and man–made lakes.

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