Welcome to Box Springs ...
So far, we found very little information about Box Springs. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Box Springs to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Box Springs - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Box Springs, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Box Springs , we believe that it would have been located within present day Eureka County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Box Springs, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.
A typical abbreviation for Box Springs: Box Spgs. (or less commonly used: Box Spngs. or Box Sprngs.)
Time Zone: The area where Box Springs was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time
The location where Box Springs once stood is in the (775) area code.
Communities Also Named Box Springs ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Nevada communities named Box Springs: This one is located in Eureka County and the other is located in Nye County.
Beyond Nevada, there are 7 communities that are also named Box Springs - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California (2), Georgia and Montana.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Box Springs.
Adding Box Springs to Our Gazetteer ...
As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Box Springs was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Box Springs.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Eureka County: www.co.eureka.nv.us/
The official website for State of Nevada: nv.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Box Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Nevada's counties, including Eureka, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |