Welcome to Box Elder ...

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

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

Box Elder would have been located within present day Phillips County<2>.

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

While the community is gone, the present day location for Box Elder is 2,360 feet [719 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Box Elder is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Box Elder was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Box Elder would have been located in the (406) area code.

Communities Also Named Box Elder ...

While we believe that this Box Elder is located in Phillips County, we know of another 3 Montana communities named Box Elder. Those communities are located in the following counties: Cascade, Chouteau and Fergus County.

Beyond Montana, there are 9 communities that are also named Box Elder - they are located in Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah and Virginia.

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.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 Elder, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Montana's counties, including Phillips, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Box Elder - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.