Bokoshe (/bəˈkoʊʃə/ bə-KOH-shə) is a town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States.
It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma metropolitan statistical area.
[5] Bokoshe was a Choctaw settlement in 1886, when a post office was established, with William A. Sanner serving as the first Postmaster.
[6] At the time of its founding, Bokoshe was located in the Moshulatubbee District of the Choctaw Nation.
The Fort Smith and Western Railway built tracks in 1901 to this area to ship the coal elsewhere.
[4] On February 1, 1958, the town was the location of a train collision on the Midland Valley Railroad.
[8] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.5 square miles (1.3 km2), all land.