Boggy Depot is a ghost town and Oklahoma State Park that was formerly a significant city in the Indian Territory.

It grew as a vibrant and thriving town in present-day Atoka County, Oklahoma, United States, and became a major trading center on the Texas Road and the Butterfield Overland Mail route between Missouri and San Francisco.

After the Civil War, when the MKT Railroad came through the area, it bypassed Boggy Depot and the town began a steady decline.

[4] Choctaw Chief Allen Wright, who lived at Boggy Depot, coined the word 'Oklahoma' in 1866 to describe the Indian Territory.

The Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway, or Katy, ran 12 miles (19 km) east of Boggy Depot and was the end of the town's importance.

After the state announced that it would close the park as a budget-cutting measure, the Choctaw tribe took over ownership and management responsibilities.

The Chickasaw nation was reluctant to spend its funds on major capital improvements unless it had clear title to the property.

[6] Jerry Cantrell from the rock band Alice in Chains, named his first solo album Boggy Depot after the area where his father grew up.