Boise City, County seat in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, United States
Boise City is the county seat of Cimarron County, Oklahoma, situated at an elevation of approximately 1,270 meters in the northwestern corner of the state. The town features a circular street layout that was part of its original design.
The town was founded in 1908 by J.E. Stanley, A.J. Kline, and W.T. Douglas, making it one of the newer settlements in the Oklahoma Panhandle. The founders later faced legal troubles that marked the community's early years.
The Cimarron Heritage Center Museum displays exhibits about local history, including dinosaur discoveries and the importance of the Santa Fe Trail as a historic trading route that shaped the region.
Boise City Airport handles local aviation, while commercial flights operate from the nearby Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport in Kansas. Visitors should plan ahead since the town sits in a rural area with limited services.
During a nighttime training exercise in 1943, United States Army Air Forces pilots accidentally dropped practice bombs on the town. This remains one of the few known instances of a bombing on United States soil during World War II.
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