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Boswell is a town in Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 709 at the 2010 census.〔(Census Viewer: Boswell, Oklahoma Population ) (accessed November 4, 2013)〕 One of the Choctaw Nation's first and most prominent settlements, Mayhew, Indian Territory, was located three miles north of present-day Boswell. The town was named for S.C. Boswell, a local merchant. == History == The Boswell area was one of the Choctaw Nation's first and most important settlements. A Presbyterian missionary station was founded at Mayhew, Indian Territory, three miles north of present-day Boswell in the 1840s. It soon became a government center as well as seat of civilization. Mayhew became the administrative and judicial capital of the Pushmataha District, one of three administrative super-regions comprising the Choctaw Nation.〔More information about Mayhew and its role in the Choctaw Nation political landscape is available in John Morris' ''Historical Atlas of Oklahoma'' and Angie Debo's Rise and ''Fall of the Choctaw Republic''.〕 A United States Post Office was established at Mayhew, Indian Territory on February 5, 1845 and operated until September 30, 1902. It then moved two miles south to Boswell, which was then a new townsite along the new railroad, and changed its name to Boswell. Boswell was named for S.C. Boswell, a local merchant.〔George H. Shirk, ''Oklahoma Place Names'', p. 27〕 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「Boswell, Oklahoma」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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