|
Atoka County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 14,007.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/40/40005.html )〕 Its county seat is Atoka.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The county was formed before statehood from Choctaw Lands, and its name honors a Choctaw Chief named Atoka. ==History== The area encompassed by the present Atoka County was originally part of Shappaway County in the Pushmataha District of the Choctaw Nation. About 1854, the area was formally designated Atoka County. The name, which honored Choctaw Chief Atoka, a leader of a party which migrated from Georgia to Indian Territory, was retained when Oklahoma became a state.〔(James C. Milligan, "Atoka County." ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. )〕 In 1858, the Butterfield and Overland established a stage route through the area. One station, Waddell's was near Wesley, a second station, Geary's was between Waddell's and the Muddy Boggy River, while a third was at Boggy Depot.〔 During the Civil War, Confederate troops established a supply depot named Camp Boggy Depot. After the war, the town of Atoka was established. In 1872, the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway (nicknamed the Katy) built a track through the county. It bypassed Boggy Depot and passed through Atoka, increasing the importance of Atoka and contributing to the decline of Boggy Depot.〔 The economy of Atoka County has been largely built on coal mining, limestone quarrying, forestry and agriculture. Cattle raising became the leading business in the mid-twentieth century. A major employer is the Oklahoma State Penitentiary Farm (renamed the Mack H. Alford Correctional Center), a medium security prison that opened in 1933.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Atoka County, Oklahoma」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|