The Town of Boley, Oklahoma

A National Historic Landmark

 

LOCAL NEWS


Betty V. Lee passes (august 28, 2010)

Services are planned for Saturday, September 4, 2010 at 11AM at Amos Temple Church in Boley, Oklahoma.  Betty is the wife of the late Maurice Lee, Jr.


Mountain Lion Sighting reported in Boley Area (August 26, 2010)

A mountain lion was reportedly sighted in the Boley area.  For the full story, click the link below:

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Genolia mixon shanks passes (July 3, 2010)

Services planned for Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 11AM at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Boley (Rusk), Oklahoma.  Genolia is the mother of Colleen Mixon Venters and Robert Mixon.


James Stevens iii passes (June 29, 2010)

Services planned for Monday, July 5, 2010 at 1PM at Amos Temple CME Church in Boley, Oklahoma.  James was a 1982 graduate of Boley High School.


Boley school district votes to annex with okemah school district (May 11, 2010)

The citizens of Boley voted on May 11 to annex its school with Okemah school district ending about 100 years of existence.  The boley High school closed in 2006 due to low enrollment, but the grade school remained open until now.  Present plans call for the Okemah School District deeding the land and school facilities to the Town of Boley. -- Submitted by Forrest Lee, Sr.


BOLEY hit by tornado (May 11, 2010)

Boley was hit by a tornado on May 10.  Reports are that only the city jail and the school sustained major damage.  The roof was blown off of the Boley Jail and the old school auditorium.  -- Submitted by Forrest Lee, Sr.


  1. 1. Boley Jail. 

  2. 2. Back of Boley School auditorium. 

  3. 3.South of Boley All Saints Church, with debris from the school auditorium.

  4. 4.All Saints Church, with debris from the school auditorium.

    (photos courtesy of Chip coleman)

 

Welcome to the official website for the Town of Boley, Oklahoma.  Boley, located in the central part of Okfuskee County, is of national historical significance because is is representative of the many towns established by African Americans who migrated from the South to northern and western communities in hopes of escaping oppression and making new lives for themselves.  The town, named for a white official of the Fort Smith and Western Railroad who had encouraged its development, began as a rural community in 1903 of Creek Indian Freedmen.  Boley still thrives today and boasts a population of about 900 residents.  It’s signature event is the Boley Rodeo and BBQ Festival, which happens each year during Memorial Day Weekend.   The late Flip Wilson was made honorary Chief of Police in 1975.

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