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Apr 15, 2007 · In the early twentieth century Boley, Oklahoma was the largest predominantly black town in the United States. Boley was officially opened for settlement in 1903 in Creek Nation, Indian Territory along the Fort Smith and Western Railroad.
Boley is a town in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,091 at the 2020 Census. [4] Boley was incorporated in 1905 as a predominantly Black pioneer town with persons having Native American ancestry among its citizens. [5] Boley is currently home to barbeque equipment maker, Smokaroma, Inc, and the John ...
BOLEY. Located halfway between Paden and Castle in Okfuskee County, Boley is the largest and most well known of the more than fifty All-Black towns of Oklahoma and one of only thirteen still existing.
Feb 23, 2020 · Many in search of freedom and better opportunities flocked to Boley and the town grew to become the largest predominantly black town in the United States. During the early part of the 20th century, it was one of the wealthiest Black towns in the nation, according to online reports.
The town was incorporated in 1905 as Boley, Creek Nation, Indian Territory. The name was changed to Boley, Oklahoma, when the State of Oklahoma was formed in 1907. Boley began on 160 acres of land belonging to Abigail Burnett McCormick.
The Boley Historic District (BHD), in Boley, Oklahoma is the original business area of an all-black town founded in 1903. The town of Boley prospered from the time of its incorporation until the onset of the Great Depression.
Boley, Indian Territory, is the youngest, the most enterprising, and in many ways the most interesting of the negro towns in the United States. A rude, bustling, Western town, it is a characteristic product of the negro immigration from the South and Middle West into the new lands of what is now the State of Oklahoma.