Boynton is a town in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 248 at the 2010 census, a 9.5 percent decline from the figure of 274 recorded in 2000. Boynton was built in 1903 with the coming of the St. Louis – San Francisco Railway to the Muscogee Nation. The post office was named for E. L. Boynton, chief engineer of the Misso…Boynton is a town in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 248 at the 2010 census, a 9.5 percent decline from the figure of 274 recorded in 2000. Boynton was built in 1903 with the coming of the St. Louis – San Francisco Railway to the Muscogee 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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