Afton is a town in northeast Oklahoma in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 734 at the time of the 2020 United States census. Afton developed in this part of the Cherokee Nation in Indian Territory after the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad built tracks through the area to Vinita in 1871. Regarding the town name, Oklahoma histo…Afton is a town in northeast Oklahoma in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 734 at the time of the 2020 United States census. Afton developed in this part of the Cherokee Nation in Indian Territory after the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad built tracks through the area to Vinita in 1871. Regarding the town name, Oklahoma historian George Shirk states that a Scottish railroad surveyor, Anton Aires, named the town Afton after his daughter, while others have claimed the name comes from Robert Burns's poem, "Flow Gently Sweet Afton." In either case, Afton Aires' name and the Burns poem honor the River Afton in Scotland.
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