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 J. B. Boley - Boley, OK Posted by:  hamquilter
N 35° 29.388 W 096° 29.031
14S E 728250 N 3930272
How the town of Boley got its name...
Waymark Code: WMYBQ9
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 05/26/2018
Views: 2
This historical marker is a bronze plaque mounted on an entrance pillar of the Boley Police Department. It reads:
J. B. BOLEY
1865 to 1905
J. B. Boley, a white man, was roadmaster for the Fort Smith &
Western Railroad which passed just a few feet south of this point.
Mr. Boley had faith in the black man to govern himself and
persuaded the railroad to establish a townsite here; thus the
town of Boley was named for him.
Boley, Creek Nation, Indian Territory, was established in 1903
and incorporated May 11, 1905
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County: Okfuskee County
Record Address::
309 S. Pecan Street
Boley, OK US
74829
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Sponsor (Who put it there): Not listed
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