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Doaksville

Choctaw County
Location: one mile north of Fort Towson on Red Road and east of Fort Towson Cemetery
Coordinates: 34.034867, -95.269867
Material: Other (Concrete with bronze plaque)
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society
Topics: American Indians; Indian and Frontier Trade; Settlement Patterns; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861

This town was the commercial center of the region shortly after it was established by Josiah Doak in 1824. At one time it was the capital of the Choctaw Nation. The name of the post office at nearby Fort Towson was changed to Doaksville on November 11, 1847.

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