Tushka is a town in Atoka County, Oklahoma, United States.

[5] In 1872, the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway (Katy) built a track five miles south of Atoka in Atoka County, Choctaw Nation in the Indian Territory and created a settlement which it called Peck Switch, Indian Territory.

In 1909, the community was renamed Dayton, but was changed during the same year to the present Tushka.

During World War II, many of the remaining residents moved to California for work and never returned.

There were 162 housing units at an average density of 225.0 per square mile (86.9/km2).

28.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.