Tushka is a town in Atoka County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 413 as of the 2020 Census, a 32.4% increase over the 312 reported at the 2010 census. In 1872, the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway 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 Swi…Tushka is a town in Atoka County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 413 as of the 2020 Census, a 32.4% increase over the 312 reported at the 2010 census. In 1872, the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway 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. The first post office was established in 1903. The name was changed to Lewis in 1905, honoring the first postmaster, Charles Lewis. In 1909, the community was renamed Dayton, but was changed during the same year to the present Tushka. Tushka is a Choctaw word meaning "warrior".
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