Patoka is located within Marion county. Patoka has a beautiful cemetary which should be a model for all to go by. Written historical documentation, indicates many fraternal organizations exhist or have exhisted within the community. A few of these are Order of the Eastern Star, I.O.O.F, Modern Woodman and many others. In the mid 1930's a New York firm headed up an oil exploration which resulted in an early oil boom.
Today Nearby is a large oil industry.
Patoka is a self sufficient community with quite a few businesses. The Fall Festival takes place every year on the Friday and Saturday of Labor Day Weekend. There is a parade on Saturday Afternoon, and Small Town Carnival events as well at the city park. There is a Grandstand activity on Friday and Saturday night. Activities range from Demolition Derby to Rodeo to Talent Shows to a Farm Tractor Pull.