 From 1891 on, Böckten harbored a station of the electronic tramway that commuted between Sissach and Gelterkinden.This railway line became obsolete and inactive with the installment of the federal railway line Basel-Olten on January 8, 1916.From the , 113 or 16.9% were Roman Catholic, while 389 or 58.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.