Welcome to Boxford ...

So far, we found very little information about Boxford. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Boxford to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Boxford, please Contact Us.

Boxford would have been located within present day DeKalb County<2>.

The location of Boxford has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Boxford, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1854.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Boxford is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Boxford was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Boxford would have been located in the (816) area code.

Communities Also Named Boxford ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Boxford - it's located in Massachusetts.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Boxford.

Communities near Boxford ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Boxford.

• Saint Joseph
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
  • Saint Joseph is located in Buchanan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 74,074 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Joseph <5>
• Savannah
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savannah
  • Savannah is located in Andrew County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,168 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Savannah <5>
• Country Club
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Country Club have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club
  • Country Club is located in Andrew County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,530 people
• Gower
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gower
  • Gower is located in Clinton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,453 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gower <5>
• Wathena
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wathena
  • Wathena is located in Doniphan County (KS)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,272 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wathena <5>
• Elwood
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
  • Elwood is located in Doniphan County (KS)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,176 people
• Maysville
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maysville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
  • Maysville is located in DeKalb County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,073 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maysville <5>
• King City
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for King City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King City
  • King City is located in Gentry County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 980 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for King City <5>
• Stewartsville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stewartsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartsville
  • Stewartsville is located in DeKalb County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 729 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stewartsville <5>
• Agency
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agency
  • Agency is located in Buchanan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Agency <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Boxford. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Boxford.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Boxford. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Boxford.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Boxford. See our Newspapers Page for Boxford.

Adding Boxford to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Boxford in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Boxford was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Boxford post office opened in 1854.

We also found Boxford in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Boxford.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/